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The “dog house” in the front and the rig in the back
An angled mixing basin
The rig with stabilizing cables
In the bottom of the barrel is the first run of core samples.
Driller Donnie handles the new core run.
Rig mounted on a truck at the drill site
Rows of core boxes
First run of core samples
Welder generator house
The drill site from a distance.
Joshua and Donnie open a core barrel.
Drilling Technician Eric Haskins is handling the trays of core samples.
A foamy basement
Driller Alf
First run of core samples
A profile shot of the rig
Drillers Jerry, Joshua, and Donnie tighten a pipe.
The drillers wrench the pipe.
A driller watches as a spout releases foam pressure.
Drillers Ron and Donnie check for core
Drillers Alf, Donnie, and Mike use a barrel grabber.
The rig
The crew mixes mud.
A foamy basement
Rev. Akaka Jr. (center) blesses the drill site with Principal Investigator Don Thomas (left) and Colonel Niles (right) looking on.
Humu‘ula Groundwater Research Project