Expedition Scrapbook

The images, video and sound clips below were captured live from Hawai'i during the JASON VI Expedition Broadcasts

• PIN Site Greetings
  • National Geographic Society, Washington, DC and
  • Nassau County BOCES, Westbury, NY and
  • The Science Place, Dallas, TX and
  • Monterrey Technical Institute, Monterrey,Mexico and
  • The Williams Companies, Tulsa, OK and
  • Clark County School District, Las Vegas NV and
  • Maui High Performance Computing Center, Kihei, Maui, HI and
  • Orange County Schools, Orlando, FL and
  • Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO and
  • Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and
  • Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Biloxi, MS and
  • Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN and
  • The Maritime Center at Norwalk, CT and
  • Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL

• February 27, 1995
  • Bob Ballard opening JASON VI and
  • Bob in the helicopter
  • Bob and the Jimmy Jib
  • Bob through the Flir Systems infrared camera
  • Art Wolff, Director and Producer
  • Tom Newman, Producer, Jason Interactivity
  • Bob Nesson, Camera
  • Mike Durbin, EDS Chief Engineer
  • Helicopter landing (daytime)
  • Helicopter landing (night)
  • Marsokhod
  • The EDS Satellite Station
  • The Production Complex
  • Bob at the atronomy site
  • Veronica Johnson and Steve Mattox
  • Steve Mattox on the edge

• February 28, 1995
  • Bob in his flightsuit
  • Angela and Mike
  • Shereen getting a close look at Pele's hair
  • The wall of monitors in the control room
  • Barry Harris, Technical Director
  • Heidi Blum, Associate Producer
  • David Katzive, Executive Producer
  • Andre and Josh learn about lava
  • Jeremy Gorelick getting a closer look
  • The observatory on Mauna Kea
  • Another view of the observatory on Mauna Kea
  • John Spencer at the observatory
  • The microwave relay dish
  • Steve Mattox and the Lava Crane
  • The end of the road

• March 1, 1995
  • Frank Sansone sampling lava
  • The Marsokhod hits a rough spot
  • A student Marsokhod driver gets her driver's license
  • The "approved" license
  • Tom Newman at the helm
  • Student Argonaut Veronica Johnson in the helicopter
  • Roving reporter Matthew Walsh
  • Fran Greenspan zooms in with the fly cam

• March 2, 1995
  • Good Morning...Marsokhod
  • Good Morning...JASON Project
  • Good Morning America
  • Bob explaining the JASON Project on GMA
  • Charlie Gibson driving the Marsokhod
  • Closeup of the control screen
  • A view from the Marsokhod
  • Closeup view of the Marsokhod's wheels
  • Bob and Ken
  • The FLIR Systems infrared camera in the helicopter
  • An infrared view of Pu'uO'o
  • Another infrared view of a river of lava
  • Gordy Waterman, camerman
  • Gordy Waterman (view from his camera)
  • The Marsokhod on the edge of the crater
  • A student designed sampler
  • The fly cam
  • Where the lava meets the sea
  • Steve Mattox
  • The songs of the Drosophilla and
  • How does one take the temperature of a lava flow?
  • Teacher Argonaut Kathy Grimes and Ken

• March 3, 1995
  • Andre and the killer caterpillar
  • Bob above the river of fire
  • Heidi outside the Production trailer
  • Josh getting ready to do his interview
  • Young Astronomers
  • A lavafall
  • The lava melts the road
  • It's pretty hot
  • Behind the scenes on the lava flow
  • Bob, Fran and Kathy wrap it up
  • They go to great heights to get a good shot
  • The lava pool of Pu'uo'o in infrared
  • Bob and Teacher Argonaut Paul Varsho
  • Tom Newman demonstrates the side screen controls

• March 6, 1995 - Profiles of the Week 2 Argonauts
  • Jennifer Arritt
  • Kimberley Barnes
  • Jeremy Brier
  • Matthew Koshy
  • Elizabeth Morrison
  • Angela Namba
  • Jennifer Pond
  • Shane Suehisa
  • John Baranski
  • Jeremy Graham
  • Joy Yoshina
  • Teri Dannenberg
  • Owen Roberts
  • The spider Quasimoto
  • Sunrise in Hawai'i
  • Cameraman Karl

• March 7, 1995
  • The perils of Live TV 1 and 2 and 3
  • Bob, his son Benjamin, along with Angela and Jennifer
  • Taking the temperature of the lava
  • The Spider Lab
  • The helicopter landing
  • The EDS truck
  • It's real HOT
  • What a way to make a living!
  • Say Aah
  • A spoonfull of lava helps the medicine go down
  • Adam Grossberg - Ruder Finn
  • John Spencer and Paul Varsho at the Observatory
  • The Observatory
  • John Spencer at the Observatory
  • Tom Newman - Ruder Finn

• March 8, 1995
  • Kimberly Barnes getting ready to take off
  • Kimberly above the crater of Pu'uO'o
  • The Spider Lab
  • The location of the latest volcano on Io
  • Scott Treibitz: Communications Director/Tricom Associates.
  • Brent Arrowood
  • Cameron Bigler in helicopter
  • Jeremy Brier in the Control Van
  • Jeremy Graham at the Spider Lab
  • Matthew Koshy and Steve Mattox
  • Angela Namba
  • Kelly Ogilvie works the spider cam
  • Joy Yoshina
  • The folks from Bermuda checking out the Marsokhod
  • Bob and Jimmy Jib
  • Joe Resing filling in for Frank Sansone
  • Caught in the act by the Marsokhod
  • Sarali wiring up the Argonauts
  • Sarali and Cheryl
  • A seisomograph reading
  • Production Site-based Jupiter Image

• March 9, 1995
  • Bob's first live sneeze on the JASON Project in six years and an mpeg clip and
  • Kimberly Barnes thinking about life on the lava field
  • Richard Cooper in the helicopter
  • The helicopter on location
  • Tom and Michael Newman
  • Kelly Ogilvie in the helicopter
  • What swims in the ocean below the helicopter
  • Burning up the asphalt
  • Jeremy Gorelick returns....
  • The pit of Pu'uO'o
  • The JASON Broadcast site from the helicopter
  • One of Rosie's spiders

• March 10, 1995
  • Opening shot on Friday after windstorm
  • Closing the first show with the rising sun
  • Big Bones
  • Little Bones
  • Big and Little Bones
  • The spider lab
  • Getting a closer look at the killer caterpillars
  • A caterpillar's lunch
  • Where a caterpillar lives
  • The helicopter over the smoke
  • Patricia Kincaid in the helicopter
  • Owen Roberts
  • Closeup of the Marsokhod's wheels
  • Kelly Ogilvie, roving reporter
  • Goodbye

• March 11, 1995 - The Last Day
  • Opening of last day
  • How's the weather?
  • What do you do when it rains?
  • The remote camera (Jimmy Jib) and his raincoat
  • Bob as seen by Jimmy Jib
  • Jennifer Arritt
  • Some of the people behind the MArsokhod
  • The Marsokhod's eye view of a cameraman
  • The Marsokhod's last driver of JASON VI
  • Derek Martin (Week 1 argonaut) returns
  • LaQuen Holcomb (Week 1 argonaut) returns
  • A good lava sample
  • Elizabeth Morrison
  • Matthew Koshy
  • Shane Suehisa
  • Cameron Bigler
  • Angela and Steve on the flows
  • Joy Yoshina
  • Dueling cameras on the lava field
  • Steve Mattox learns from the students
  • Lava-cooked popcorn
  • Jennifer Pond
  • Jackson, Key Grip and Jimmy Jib operator
  • Jimmy Jib's final bow
  • Jeff Cave, NEP Hawaii Engineer
  • Ranger Bob
  • John Spencer says goodbye
  • A closeup of the helicopter
  • Another closeup of the helicopter
  • Who is that man hanging from the helicopter?
  • Tom Zannes, helicopter cameraman
  • Gordy Waterman
  • Gordy and Bob
  • A preview of next year: JASON VII
  • Bob and Benjamin say goodbye
  • Goodbye from Hawai'i
  • JASON VI: Island Earth signing off

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