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Project Acronym: HOTSPOT | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5036

ins.: 2011-04-21 02:00, 14 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: SnakeRiver
SnakeRiver

HOTSPOT: 2011-04-21

Drilling down on 19 April. More photos of the twisted ...
Remains of the bit.. and the bit that that bit it. On left, chewed up remains of last drill bit. On right, the fused blob of former drill bit that did it in.

Drilling down on 19 April. More photos of the twisted off outer core barrel and the fragments of melted drill bit we had to retrieve before drilling ahead. Plus Lisa, Sally, and Tyson logging some beautiful rhyolite that underlies the not-so-beautiful mud layer.Drilling down below 3200 feet. Nice rhyolite with sediment interbeds, and two inch thick ash layer.