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Let’s dive into the Lake Huron Sinkholes

Let’s dive into the Lake Huron Sinkholes. A NSF funded, NOAA (TBNMS, GLERL) & NOF supported study. Can you find the groundwater on the picture?. Groundwater. El Cajon Bay. Mats are large groups of microbes, or microscopic organisms. Individual blades of grass. Grass. Purple mat.

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Let’s dive into the Lake Huron Sinkholes

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  1. Let’s dive into the Lake Huron Sinkholes A NSF funded, NOAA (TBNMS, GLERL) & NOF supported study

  2. Can you find the groundwater on the picture? Groundwater

  3. El Cajon Bay

  4. Mats are large groups of microbes, or microscopic organisms

  5. Individual blades of grass Grass Purple mat Individual microbes

  6. Middle Island WOW! That’s the size of a football field!

  7. Hey, cool! I can see what the ROV is seeing on this computer! R.O.V. Remotely Operated Vehicle

  8. ROV Footage

  9. Diver Video of Middle Island

  10. WOW!

  11. M-ROVER Footage

  12. Picture of a sinkhole Microbes at a sinkhole

  13. Dr. Bopi Biddanda

  14. Scientists studying the sinkholes Dr. Biddanda with a sample from a sinkhole

  15. Energy Photosynthesis Energy Chemosynthesis

  16. Photosynthesis ENERGY Plants use photosynthesis to make energy!

  17. Chemosynthesis ENERGY NO SUN NEEDED!

  18. Photosynthesis Chemosynthesis

  19. More Footage from our Adventure

  20. A NSF funded, NOAA (TBNMS, GLERL) & NOF supported study Credits Presentation assembled and narrated by Amanda Callaghan, 2008 Institutional Support: GVSU, UW- Stout, NOAA, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Noble Odyssey Foundation Underwater Diver Photography: Russ Green, Luke Clyburn, and Tane Casserley Underwater ROV videos: Steve Ruberg and Guy Meadows Aerial Photography: Scott Kendall and Bopi Biddanda Research: Bopi Biddanda, Scott Kendall, and T. Garry Sanders

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