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Day 14 | July 31st, 2005

Back to Hachijojima

The cliffs of Aogashima from the helicopter

We left Aogashima on schedule at 9.30am as the weather was clear. As we departed the island, a last look over our shoulder from the helicopter showed the cliffs we had descended the day before in order to access the beach. It sure looks steep from this angle!

After settling into our hotel on Hachijojima, we were back in the field on Sunday afternoon, again looking for more olivine-rich lavas and scoria. River beds are particularly good places to look - as shown by Alison scrambling in the river.

Alison

Introduction Video

One of the delights of fieldwork in tropical or semi-tropical areas is the opportunity to experience the jungles and rainforests close up. Hachijo-jime is no exception and, in the movie, we see the team having fun trying to get close to outcrop - areas of bare rock. Once outcrop is located, the samples must be collected and this sometimes involves quite strenuous efforts. Euan and Toby illustrate this point in the latter part of the movie.