Terceira – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Eddy on the beach

mglessmer — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:32:37 +0000

It’s bugging me that I don’t really understand what’s going on here or why… But look at how these eddies form on the beach right outside my window and for how long they persist!!

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Volcano tour on Terceira

mglessmer — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:58:49 +0000

This is neither “oceanography” nor “teaching”, but so much “adventure” that these pictures still deserve their spot on “Adventures in oceanography and teaching”. I did a tour into two (non-active ;-)) volcanoes and it was AMAZING!

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Whale watching on the Azores

mglessmer — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:07:48 +0000

Whale watching on Terceira was A-MAH-ZING. We saw three different kinds of dolphins: Bottle-nose, common and spotted. But what you should really be doing once you are done swooning over all the pictures below: go over to Elin Darelius & team’s blog and read about what is going on with the 13-m-diameter rotating tank! :-) […]

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