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Rocky and Teresa visit moon pool
Our favorite memory for today
Today, lil’ Rocky the Bull (VIP Aboard the JR) and I visited the moon pool. This is one of the coolest places on the Jr. It is located below the drill floor a deck below where my office is located on the Foc’sle Deck (Forecastle or F Deck). A hard hat and safety glasses are required, ear plugs are suggested too. What is the moon pool? The moon pool is a 7 meter opening in the main deck of the ship, giving access to the water below, allowing technicians or researchers to lower tools and instruments into the sea. The drill string is lowered from an opening in the drill floor through the moon pool to the seafloor. Hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed my visit.
Moon pool is a 7 meter opening in the main deck of the JR where the drill string, bottom hole assembly and logging instruments are lowered to the seafloor. Photo credit, Bill Crawford, IODP photographer
A close-up view of the moonpool. Photo credit, Bill Crawford, IODP photographer
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