Rock Springs – Friday, February 6, 2009 – Poseiden’s log Rock Springs belched today…meaning the outflow of the spring was huge, you might say gigantic…enormous evennnnn…. First order of business was to build a fire…it was in the 40’s when we arrived at the park and with the help of…
Rock Springs – February 5, 2009 Team Ice Cube gathered at Kelly Park in the guard house to greet the park staff. Due to below freezing temperature we had the park to ourselves! Welcome to Kyle Dilliplaine who has joined us for the first time. He is a senior at…
Rock Springs – August 3, 2008 The team is a bit shorter for today’s dive. Andy and I missed our team members terribly and decided we must continue onward! We were “wheels up” at 0745 on our way to Rock Springs with all necessary equipment on board. The park was…
Rock Springs – August 2, 2008 Today at 0800-ish our team assembled at Kelly Park with manager Joe Brandon to discuss the day’s events. We had a very nice chat with him, completed a bit of necessary paperwork and then headed down to the parking area to get prepped for…
Mike, Andy and Renee set up the location system Andy enters Rock Springs cave with the coil Entering a small, high flow passage Topside, Mike tracks divers in the underwater cave Beautiful!! Renee and Andy exit the cave with ease Over the past few years the Cambrian Foundation has slowly…
End of “Gator Gullet” Eureka!! Geology rocks! Fossilized jaw bone Beautiful newly discovered section Joe and Renee discuss karst features To Kelly Park we headed to tackle the cave at Rock Springs. It seemed like the flow had doubled over night but perhaps we were feeling the physical effects from…
Survey tools Fossilized tortoise shell Andy sharing cave photos at Kelly Park Sand ripples in newly explored section Bottoms up! Dressed for success After a traditional British breakfast consisting of Thanksgiving leftovers and tea, Andrew, Rhiannon and Renee loaded the vehicle and reviewed their operational diving checklist in preparation for…
Many thanks to the staff of Kelly Park. The dive team prepares to enter the cave Ryan awaits the depature of the dive team Renee passes one of the Dali pendant formations Renee approaches another of the Dali pendants Renee moves through tight passage in Rock We had two primary…
The testing station Trash collected from inside the spring The team gathers for some pancakes. Sandy hoists herself into the cave Mike collects bacteria samples Andy notices something on the ceiling It was another great surveying day for the participants of the Central Florida Spring Project. Today we drove to…
Renee modeling the latest in multi-tools The test station! Nick, Dean, and Dan stop by Renee bags bacteria sample. Mike enters cave while Andrew videos. A tight fit! The Cambrian Foundation has returned to the Central Florida Springs Project with an excellent start! The project started on the night of…