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7 AM, Jacchia Square. Starting to set
up the event organized by the Department of Biology and the Faculty of
Sciences as part of the project "Researchers talking to the city". |
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Inside the big pool, the scenario of the underwater volcano of Panarea
island will be reproduced. |
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fundamental part is the lab work, for perfoming analyses and elaborating
collected data. |
Simone,
one of the divers, is getting ready...fortunately he is going to wear a
suit underwater! |
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Splash!!! |
Attracted by the blue, the first
visitors approach. |
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The Panarea experimental field: carbon
dioxyde emissions make the underwater volcano an ideal experimental
site. In fact, here the acidity values are the one expected by the end
of the century. |
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With a little experiment, Valentina,
Michela e Fiorella show to kids and parents the effects of acidification
on the skeletons of different marine organisms.
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It's early in the morning, but there is a lot of people yet! |
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The kids stick to the glass, Erik is
showing them the instruments of the scientific diver.
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Why should one waste this huge
pool without sharing with everyone the emotions of bubbling underwater???!!!
Serena, get 'em in the water!! :) |
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Simone and Erik are ready to welcome
our first little scuba diver. |
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Some basic advice and then...let's go
down! |
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Giorgia and Valentina at the
microscopes show the studied organism. |
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Meanwhile, the introductory dives go
on. |
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Marta and Andrea are the Heads of the
info point. |
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For the youngest ones it's too early,
but Simone knows how to entertain them by sticking out his tongue! |
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It's getting dark and the first day is
over. |
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A nice sunshine salutes us in the
morning and our researchers are ready to start again! |
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If only there was no glass... |
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Also today many kids arrived. |
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The lab is fully running... |
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...and the queue for the scuba
experience is long! |
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| Giorgia,
Serena and Joe, divemasters for one day! |
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Strategies to fight the heat: someone
gets in the water like Caterina, and someone gets a fresh beer from the
net like Stefano. |
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Some relax before starting again. |
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The professionals of SDS. |
Real time press release! |
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| Valentina
very satisfied by the day. |
Martina
and Matteo, two newbies of the underwater world. |
For the great event, also Stefano's mom arrives, and she cannot resist
to see the pool from above. |
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There's still a lot of people, but the
closing time has come. |
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Another couple of "introductories" and
then everybody out of the water... |
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...and for those who could not dive,
don't panic, we wait you at the pool! |
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We start to set things up, and our
crater becomes a nice dinghy!!! |
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At 2:00 AM, also the pool goes away.
Event abstract: two intense days of environmental education, sport and
fun in close contact with the citizens, over 80 free scuba trials. A
success made possible by the collaboration of many enthusiastic people.
Thanks! |