Lunar Landing

We arrived in Mexico this morning without difficulty (surprising, given that we were traveling with a dry shipper primed with liquid nitrogen) and dropped our bags off in our home-away-from-home, an impressive condominium located right next door to the University of Mexico’s Institute of Marine Science and Limnology.  After meeting up with our local collaborators, we took a brief tour of the facility, which should accommodate our experiments quite nicely.  The students, faculty, and staff were more than happy to show us around and offer their assistance. 

Unfortunately, we hit a snag when we found out our previous shipment of lab equipment was still tied up in customs, but we are confident that it will be available to us before spawning takes place.  Even without our equipment, we had a lot of things to get done today, including coordinating chores and making shopping lists.  Believe it or not, we still have to eat!  The evening passed with a beautiful full moon–a clear signal to our corals that it’s almost time to reproduce.  Let’s hope they got the message.

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