Passive Array for Critical Minerals on the Island of Newfoundland

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Arrival of instruments from EarthScope
Huddle test
Prepping deployment gear
Prepping deployment gear
Prepping deployment gear
Setting up indoor station at Mistaken Point
Undergrad deployment assistant, still smiling
Indoor seismometer setup
Attaching the GPS antenna
Successful deployment team
Off to find some fossils
Heading into the mist at Mistaken Point
Amazing bonus visit to Mistaken Point UNESCO World Heritage Site with Ediacaran fossils
Prepping wood for solar panel A-frame
Digging the hole for the seismometer
Team effort to protect cables outdoors
Buried seismometer
Coordinating all of the components of an outdoor site
Successful deployment in Placentia
Full outdoor seismic station
Stealth seismic station in Placentia, other than the solar panel frame
Packing vehicles for the main deployment
Scouting the site at Terra Nova
Digging the seismometer hole at Terra Nova
Building the solar panel frame at Terra Nova
Connecting the Terra Nova station together
The full Terra Nova deployment team
Final NOVA seismic station
Our station with its scientific buddies
Reunion of the three deployment teams for dinner in Gander
Prepping the indoor station at the Buchans core building
Attaching the GPS antenna in Buchans
Inside the Buchans core shack
Buchans seismic station and the team
Panoramic view of the former Buchans Lucky Strike mine
Getting setup for the NEWA seismic station
Views near the NEWA station
Building the solar panel A-frame for the NEWA station
NEWA seismic station and the team
NEWA seismic station
Prepping solar panel A-frames in Grand Falls-Windsor
Prepping solar panel A-frames in Grand Falls-Windsor
Building the solar panel for the CARA station
Successful deployment of the CARA site
The long drive to the VILA site
Prepping the VILA station
Burying the seismometer for the VILA station
Seismometer buried and final touches at the VILA station
View of the VILA station from the core racks
Final VILA station
Impromptu huddle test in Grand Falls-Windsor kitchen
Indoor deployment for BOTA
Working in tight spaces at the SALA site
Sightseeing at Arches Provincial Park
Caribou at the POCA station
Hybrid deployment at POCA
Final hybrid POCA station
Placing the GPS antenna for BABA
Final BABA station
Speed record for deployment of BABA
Indoor deployment at ANTA
Production line for building solar panel frames in Grand Falls-Windsor
Breathtaking views near station CODA in Codroy
Creative snaking of power cables for the CODA station
Levelling the seismometer for CODA
Even speedier indoor deployment for station CODA
Final CODA station
Views returning to our accommodations in Stephenville
Final BEHA station
Driving out to Burgeo
The beautiful town of Burgeo on the south coast of Newfoundland
Installing the BURA seismometer in a crawlspace beneath a house in Burgeo
Final BURA station
Successful deployment of BURA
Celebratory banana split in Burgeo
Sandbanks provincial park in Burgeo
Sandbanks provincial park in Burgeo
Girl power digging for the BADA station
Final hybrid BADA station
Visiting the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park
Visiting the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park
English Harbour East
Final outdoor deployment of ENGA
Clearing out big rocks in Marystown
Final outdoor deployment of MARA
Conquering fear of heights at ELLA site
Final indoor deployment of ELLA
Puffin viewing in Elliston

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