SAN CARLOS

MY COLLECTION OF TREASURES I FOUND IN THE SAND DUNES BY THE OPHIOLITE
AT THE MOUTH OF SAN CARLOS. THE SAND HAS AN OLIVE COLOR TO IT,
AND THERE'S A SPOT NEAR THE MOUTH WHERE THE SAND HAS MAGNETIC QUALITIES

PONGA RIDE TO AN MPA, WE RAN ACROSS A POD OF COMMON DOLPHIN ON THE
WAY AND HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO SWIM WITH THEM FOR A BIT.

THIS JULY I HAD THE AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF HELPING TWO PROFESSORS FROM MY SCHOOL
WITH THEIR LONG TERM DATA SET IN SAN CARLOS. WE DID CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
OF SEDIMENT AND WATER SAMPLES, AS WELL AS BENTHIC ANALYSIS IN SEDIMENT AT 6 SITES (PRISTINE AND IMPACTED), TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE LOCAL CANNERY'S RELEASE OF FISH BYPRODUCT INTO MAG BAY. WHEN THE CANNERY IS IN FULL SWING IT CAN CAN
25 TONS OF TUNA AND 100 TONS OF ANCHOVIES....PER DAY.

THE WATER IN FRONT OF THE CANNERY, HERE, HAS MIXED WITH THE FISH BLOOD, GUTS, BONES, ETC... (THE PARTS OF THE FISH WHICH CAN NOT BE CANNED)
AND WHITE STRINGY BACTERIA HAS BEGUN TO FORM.