Hans' DUMAND photo collection

Here are a few pictures Hans Berns took during his visits at the Hawaii Dumand Center.

M/S Moana Wave cruise, September 1993: Deployment Exercise


1. Christopher Wiebusch (Aachen) and Shige Matsuno (U.Hawaii) checking a PMT cable in the refridgeration van.
2. Junction Box deployment exercise near the Waikiki beaches.
3. Marc Mignard (U.Hawaii) and Mike (?, U.Hawaii) assembling the string controller before the first test string deployment.
4. String controller deployment preparation with Shinji Kondo, Shige Matsuno, John Learned, and David Copson.
5. On the ship's afterdeck before deployment exercise: Bob Mitiguy, Jeff Bolesta, Christopher Wiebusch, Mike (?), and Jan-Peter Koske.
6. String controller porcupine and cables.
7. String deployment exercise: A PMT on the way into the water.
8. String recovery exercise: Hieving the string controller unit back on board.
9. Sunrise over Waikiki as seen at the return of the ship back to the Honolulu harbor.

There are also some photos made by Christopher Wiebusch (RWTH Aachen, Germany) during the same cruise.

Activities at the Hawaii Dumand Center (HDC) November 1993


1. Hale Dumand entrance.
2. Hank Crawford (UCB) checking string controller connections at its porcupine.
3. Leo Greiner (UCB) working on the string controller electronics.
4. Jeff George (UWa) and his "baby", the junction box environmental module (JBEM).
5. Tassos (Athens, Greece) at the junction box frame.

M/S Thommy Thompson cruise, Nov./Dec. 1993: shore cable, junction box and 1st string deployment


Shore station at Keahole Point, Big Island, Dec. 1993/Jan. 1994