Many days have passed since the last blog post, but less sea time than expected. The inevitable logistical challenges of conducting international research had us awaiting visas in port for an extra week, which was terminated by a last-minute scramble to LA and back to be processed and issued documents. So turn the halting gears of diplomacy. Once we were on the water, we were doing anything but halting as we booked it to the sea of Cortez, tossing and turning and ultimately cutting our transit time in half. Luckily, there are no speed traps in da sea. One happy consequence of the delay in transit is that we were closer to the path of the eclipse than we intended to be, so while we did not see totality we did see some-taility. Luckily, many forward-thinking scientists have obtained eclipse glasses. It was a cool way to spend the last day before dives!
