It is impossible to get a photo with the entire Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition team, but this image by Carl VerPlanck captures many of the shipboard personnel.

It is impossible to get a photo with the entire Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition team, but this image by Carl VerPlanck captures many of the shipboard personnel. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, MCR Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 370 KB).

The Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition Concludes
August 18, 2011

The ship pulled into port in Key West, FL early this morning, officially bringing the 2011 Mid-Cayman Rise Exploration to a close. Personnel are busy packaging and shipping equipment and science samples, wrapping up end of cruise items, and cleaning up mission spaces in preparation for the next expedition. Over the next few days, Mid-Cayman Rise personnel will pack up and depart the ship, and new mission personnel will arrive and begin preparations for the ship’s upcoming mapping expedition to the Gulf of Mexico, scheduled to begin on August 22.