All photos by W. Kessler Glider ready to dive. Near Gizo, Solomon Islands. Glider_001.jpg Glider diving. Note how the orange color disappears under even a few meters of seawater. We won't see this one for 3 months. Glider_002.jpg Glider at the surface in the typical heavy rain of Gizo. Glider_003.jpg Carrying a glider across the main road in Gizo. It weighs 50kg, about 110lb, so two people can carry it. Glider_004.jpg The gliders always draw a crowd. We let everyone touch it. Glider_005.jpg Gliders in an enthusiastic crowd. Ponam Island, Papua New Guinea. Glider_006.jpg Bottom survey to deploy a small moored instrument. Very rough day needed a crewman to hold my laptop. Glider_007.jpg Lecturing in a classroom at the Solomon Islands Teacher's College. Honiara, Solomon Islands. Glider_008.jpg Working on a glider that drifted to Alotau, Papua New Guinea. Glider_009.jpg Much of the glider testing must be done outside, so its antennas can connect to a satellite. Crowds always gather, so we explain how it works. Gizo. Glider_010_small.jpg Working on the guts of a glider. These boys have just been dismissed from school and come around to see what's happening. Gizo. Glider_011.jpg Testing a glider's satellite communications. The girl in the purple shirt has learned how to call out the readings shown on the laptop and press the appropriate keys, saving us a lot of time (and gaining status among her schoolmates). Glider_012.jpg Four gliders in various stages of assembly take up every bit of flat space in our workroom. The insides of a glider are seen in the foreground. The computer board is on the left, but most of the volume is batteries. Glider_013_small.jpg
Glider diving. Note how the orange color disappears under even a few meters of seawater. We won't see this one for 3 months. Glider_002.jpg
Carrying a glider across the main road in Gizo. It weighs 50kg, about 110lb, so two people can carry it. Glider_004.jpg
Bottom survey to deploy a small moored instrument. Very rough day needed a crewman to hold my laptop. Glider_007.jpg
Lecturing in a classroom at the Solomon Islands Teacher's College. Honiara, Solomon Islands. Glider_008.jpg
Much of the glider testing must be done outside, so its antennas can connect to a satellite. Crowds always gather, so we explain how it works. Gizo. Glider_010_small.jpg
Working on the guts of a glider. These boys have just been dismissed from school and come around to see what's happening. Gizo. Glider_011.jpg
Testing a glider's satellite communications. The girl in the purple shirt has learned how to call out the readings shown on the laptop and press the appropriate keys, saving us a lot of time (and gaining status among her schoolmates). Glider_012.jpg
Four gliders in various stages of assembly take up every bit of flat space in our workroom. The insides of a glider are seen in the foreground. The computer board is on the left, but most of the volume is batteries. Glider_013_small.jpg
