All of these efforts help us to characterize the biology of the crater. Patrick Van Hove left us on Friday for Quebec. He successfully completed the lake sampling work he needed to perform during the time that he was here. The day before he left he travelled to Comet Lake to gather data on profiles of temperature through the lake. His samples will be used to study the cyanobacteria that inhabit the lake waters.
Work continues on aspects of the lake and lithic environments of the crater.
Next week we are joined by Dale Stokes from Scripps who will bring an instrument that allows us to build 3-D maps of the lakes using sonar.