DIVE NO, 77 (DESCENDING ONLY) 



Depth 

 (in feet) 



620 



640 



800 



1070 



1100 



1125 

 1140 



Few faint points. 



Organisms transparent in searchlight. 



Several small black fish 4 inches long; 

 silver blue, dark circle around eye. 



Numerous animals. Occasional flash. 

 Jellyfish 11/2 inches long, 3/4 inch 

 wide. 



Hint of daylight. Very little biolumines- 

 cence. Long yellow unidentified pelagic 

 worm. 



Ballast release excites three flashes. 



A phyllasome larva. 



DIVE NO. 78 (ASCENDING ONLY) 



7000 Few isolated points second magnitude. 



to 4 points in total viewing area. 



5500 Moderate increase. Long period of 



blackness. 



4800 Increasing; one- fourth full starry sky. 



4600 to Patchy. One- third full starry sky. 



4400 Continuous stream of light sources. 



4000 to Continuous stream. Second magnitude 



3500 brillance. 



3000 Continues about same. 



3000 to Increasing patterns of light. Small 



2800 circles, 1 inch in diameter. Periphery 



dotted with small points of light. 



2 500 First magnitude increasing as is second 



magnitude. 



2150 Strong swimmer. 



2000 Big flashes. Exceed first magnitude 



star brilliance. 



1400 Arrays of off and on lights. 



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