surtsey50years

On September 8 and 9 Icelandic artist Anna Guðrún Líndal visited our Heimaey laboratory. She made many photos and videos, exploring the Surtsey drill core and our warehouse surroundings. She saw beauty in the mundane aspects of core trays, wall art, collaborative team work and shared these photos with us.

 

Her retrospective exposition at the Reykjavík Art Museum begins September 30, 2017.

http://artmuseum.is/exhibitions/anna-lindal-expedition

The original drillers’ logs compiled at the drill rig on Surtsey are used in the entry of core lengths and recovery into the ICDP database system.
A tray with core from the SE-03 drill hole before processing and still in its plastic liner.
A sketch posted on the warehouse wall shows the correct orientation of drill core in the trays.
Carolyn Gorny and Samantha Couper prepare an instructional video for working with the ICDP digital information system.
Samantha Couper carries yet another core tray after verifying its proper entry into the archival data base system.
Jocelyn McPhie and James White describe volcanic fabrics in the Surtsey drill core.
James White, Marie Jackson and Jocelyn McPhie discuss a volcanic feature in the tuff.
Growth of mineral cements creates lace-like patterns in the hydrothermally altered Surtsey tuff, 50 years after eruption.

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