MBARI!

Yesterday morning Diana and I drove up to Moss Landing and met Erik, Rachel, Ronan, and Nieve who had driven down from Palo Alto.  

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We spent the afternoon at the MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) Open House at their facility on Monterey Bay.  It was overcast, which was good since we didn't broil in the sun as we wandered around the exhibits, lectures, and activities.

The winner of the most popular activity of the Open House, by far,  was building the ROV (Remote Operation Vehicle) venue.  I'm not sure whether it was Ronan, Erik, or Diana who enjoyed the challenge the most!  I will say that all three of them demonstrated impressive engineering skills!

It was a fun and educational afternoon for all.  Seeing a world class research institution was very impressive.

As usual, I took a kazillion photographs.  I culled them down to these few, shown as a short movie: