University Motor Pool

Redeploying the 60th instrument mooring in the depths of Crater Lake. Pictured: (From left to right) Bob Collier, Professor CEOAS, Mark Buktenica, National Park Service Biologist and OSU Alum , and Chris Moser, Senior Faculty Research Assistant hold a sediment trap that collects particles settling down to a depth of 582 meters.

Into The Deep Author: Bob Collier, Marine Geochemistry, CEOAS (College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences) Place: Crater Lake National Park

Crater Lake National Park, Sept. 11, 2012

Redeploying the 60th instrument mooring in the depths of Crater Lake.

This research project has yielded 30 years of continuous observations of the physics, chemistry, and biology in the deepest lake in the United States (7th deepest in the world). Every time this sediment trap is redeployed, the crew signs it, leaving a history of people and memorable events along the way.

Our friends at OSU Motor Pool have gotten us there (and back again) for over 30 years, with over 30,000 miles logged! THANK YOU!

For more information, see: http://chemoc.coas.oregonstate.edu/~bobcollier/

Pictured: Bob Collier, Mark Buktenica, National Park Service Biologist and OSU Alum

Pictured: (Left to right) Bob Collier, Chris Moser

Pictured: (Left to right) Chris Moser, Walt Waldorf