When it pours, the rain comes in a misty white wall from across the other of the lake.
Welcome to the rainy season!
Our tiny 12' x 12' lab.
The view along the balcony by our lab room.
Here's a closer view of another capuchin right in the middle of the photo.
As I was unpacking, a troop of capuchin monkeys were traveling right outside of my balcony. This capuchin had her baby clinging to her back.
An agouti! They are all over the island, have awkwardly long back legs when they walk and a pointy stub of a tail.
Panoramic view from my balcony. The banana tree leaves are about five feet tall, not to mention their stems.
My dorm room -- there's a desk to the right and a balcony on the other side of the door.
Entering Laboratory Cove for the first time. The lower buildings are the office for the Guardabosques (forest rangers) and the boathouse. The rightmost building has the lounge, the computer lab, the herbarium/library, some offices, and labs. The topmost has the kitchen and the conference room. My lab building is just out of sight, a little farther to the right.
Here's a map of Barro Colorado Island (BCI), which lies in Lake Gatun. The buildings are clumped together near the shore on the northeastern side of the island. BCI is probably no more than 3.5 to 4.0 miles in diameter. (The metric system is used interchangeably with our own confusing measurement system. Balboas and American dollars are also both used.) The two green patches are protected areas -- protected even from knowledge-hungry biologists.
Cargo ships are enormous -- a person is maybe as tall as the small stripes of white on the front of the the Eukor.
The view from the hotel balcony in Panama City, looking out onto the Canal.
When it pours, the rain comes in a misty white wall from across the other of the lake.
Welcome to the rainy season!
Our tiny 12' x 12' lab.
The view along the balcony by our lab room.
Here's a closer view of another capuchin right in the middle of the photo.
As I was unpacking, a troop of capuchin monkeys were traveling right outside of my balcony. This capuchin had her baby clinging to her back.
An agouti! They are all over the island, have awkwardly long back legs when they walk and a pointy stub of a tail.
Panoramic view from my balcony. The banana tree leaves are about five feet tall, not to mention their stems.
My dorm room -- there's a desk to the right and a balcony on the other side of the door.
Entering Laboratory Cove for the first time. The lower buildings are the office for the Guardabosques (forest rangers) and the boathouse. The rightmost building has the lounge, the computer lab, the herbarium/library, some offices, and labs. The topmost has the kitchen and the conference room. My lab building is just out of sight, a little farther to the right.
Here's a map of Barro Colorado Island (BCI), which lies in Lake Gatun. The buildings are clumped together near the shore on the northeastern side of the island. BCI is probably no more than 3.5 to 4.0 miles in diameter. (The metric system is used interchangeably with our own confusing measurement system. Balboas and American dollars are also both used.) The two green patches are protected areas -- protected even from knowledge-hungry biologists.
Cargo ships are enormous -- a person is maybe as tall as the small stripes of white on the front of the the Eukor.
The view from the hotel balcony in Panama City, looking out onto the Canal.
Yay, you have a blog! Looking forward to following your adventures! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for getting your blog up and running… I trust that your days will be filled with adventure and discoveries! Enjoy! (now you have some notion of what those National Geographic and Smithsonian scientists are experiencing).
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