Visit to Harvard - Adam Dziewoński Observatory (July 01, 2015)

The four interns, Samson Marty, Isabella Gama Dantas, Isabella Lorrainy Altoé, and Xuemeng Lu, visited the Harvard-Adam Dziewoński Observatory at Harvard, MA on July 01, 2015. Dr. Joseph M. Steim of Quanterra, Inc. generously gave the tour of the facility as well as a lesson on the construction and working of seismic instruments and the history of the station.

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Demonstration on the workings of a seismometer. Clockwise from left: Dr. Joseph M. Steim, Samson Marty, Isabella Lorrainy Altoé, Xuemeng Lu, Isabella Gama Dantas. At the ground level of the observatory.
Examining the vault and seismometers with various equipment in use at the vault. From left: Dr. Joseph M. Steim, Samson Marty, Xuemeng Lu, Isabella Gama Dantas, Isabella Lorrainy Altoé.
Demonstration on the workings of a seismometer. Clockwise from left: Dr. Joseph M. Steim, Samson Marty, Isabella Lorrainy Altoé, Xuemeng Lu, Isabella Gama Dantas.
Group photo in the middle of the pier in the vault surrounded by various instruments. From left: Dr. Joseph M. Steim, Isabella Gama Dantas, Samson Marty, Xuemeng Lu, Isabella Lorrainy Altoé.
Interns working very hard to pick sour cherries from Prof. Adam Dziewoński's yard. From left: Xuemeng Lu, Isabella Lorrainy Altoé, Isabella Gama Dantas, Samson Marty.


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