. Lake Mead – Day 6. Final day of diving – I buddied Andres Diaz and together we took down the baseline and collected all of the basetags and markers we could find. After we finished our one dive, I returned back to the hotel with Filip, Jeff, and Evan, and we cleaned and packed […]
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Lake Mead National Park – Day 5
Sami had tasked Filip and I with mapping the Ferry, another mercifully symmetrical feature of the site. We completed two more dives with the goal of finishing up our last measurements on the ferry. Although we took very detailed measurements, it was more difficult than I had thought it would be to translate them to […]
Lake Mead National Park – Day 4
Lake Mead National Park – Day 3
Today was Filip and my first foray into mapping an underwater feature. Sami mercifully (and smartly) gave us a giant triangular metal feature to map, tucked at one end of the baseline. It’s a relatively simple shape, and a very good starting feature for us. Once under the surface, the first thing I noticed was […]
Lake Mead National Park – Day 2
First day of diving! We were able to do three dives on the Gold Dredge today: all were done with the goal of familiarizing ourselves with the site and helping Jeff Bozanic to get some grab shots of the National Park Submerged Resources divers working on the Dredge. I’m still getting used to diving on […]