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What Kepler 452 b has to do with Sunken Egyptian Cities

7/31/2015

When Rob Morris told me he was joining the Kepler Mission to search for other habitable planets, I didn't even know the project was. "Why would you?" he asked, ever modest and forgiving of my continual ignorance. "Its a little project,, and there are a lot of projects going on at SETI"

Last week the Kepler Mission is on the front page of every newspaper and scientific feed on the internet. Evidence of an 'Earth Twin" planet, dubbed Kepler 452 b, has captured the imagination of the public and Re-invigorated the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.

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Timbuktu Movie Inspires Search For Expeditions Past

7/20/2015

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My Driver in Mauritania never got stuck in the sand.

Today Scanners have offered us an opportunity to re-evaluate ourselves through a close inspection of that shoebox full of old photos.

I've decided to embrace the throw-back-thursday mentality and dig up some experiences that have been collecting dust, like this selfie from an adventure in the Sahara,' 93-'94 , one of my first trips as a professional adventurer. Memories of this trip were dredged up when I watched the tragic and beautiful film "Timbuktu" on my recent flight back from Cairo.

Once I got home I dug through the archives and found photos and negatives from that time. Lots of grainy, poorly framed and out of focus photos, like the one above, that are evidence of an incredible adventure but just don't capture what I really saw. Wait, wasn't there some video, too? Gotta find it!

I pray that someday I'll be able to capture a moment and make something beautiful to share.

You can watch the trailer for Timbuktu here.

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Out of Egypt... Cairo-Amsterdam-Atlanta-Key West

7/3/2015

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Saying goodbye to the Khan el Khalili Bazaar in Cairo.

Time to Swap my Underwater Archaeology addiction for Underwater Robotics. The mission has concluded with a lot of important new discoveries. With the exposition opening soon in Paris, I'll still be paying attention to the archaeology world, but will have to make a mental re-adjustment to thinking about servo-motors and thruster commands for the next few months. Exploration under the sea in Sunny Florida.

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Recent Mission: Captain of Underwater Archaeology support ship in Malta and Egypt

Recent Project: Develop shipwreck-hunting robot

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My Name is Eric and My Job is Scientific Exploration.

That means I'm lucky enough to join expeditions to excavate sunken cities, climb volcanoes, find missing bombs, and Sail old research vessels, while searching for the mysteries of the natural world.

And then tell stories about it.

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Recent Mission: Excavation of Sunken Egyptian Cities. May/June/July 2019

Recent Mission: HAUV undersea robotics development development project, Key West, Florida

Recent Mission: Diving in Louisiana Bayou's for Discovery Channel Series "The Killing Fields" October 2015

Recent Mission: Underwater Robot Development Program, Cape Canaveral, Florida July-September 2015

Recent Mission: Underwater Robotoics Development Project in the Florida Keys, March/April 2015

Recent Mission: Meteorite Hunting, January-February 2015

Recent Mission: UXO Detection In Laos With Aqua Survey, Inc. November-December. 2014

Recent Mission: Archaeology in Egypt, September-October 2014

Recent Mission, July/August 2014: Manage a marine geophysical field research lab in Florida for Aqua Survey, Inc.

Recent Mission: Underwater Archaeology in Egypt with the Institut Européen d'Archéologie Sous-Marine. May/June 2014

Recent Mission, February-April 2014: Investigate the Origins of the Taino Voyages of Exploration to Colonize the Eastern Caribbean.

Recent Mission: December 2013 Location: The Andes Mountains. Objective: Help NASA Prepare a Robotic Research Vessel to Explore the Methane Seas of TItan.

Recent Mission: Explore Depths of the Caspian Sea; April-June 2013

Recent Mission: Return to Laos to Hunt for Unexploded Bombs with ASI, February/March 2013

Recent Mission December 2012: Launch a Robot in an Andean Lake for NASA

Here is an Interview by Budding Journalist and middle school student Jonathan Padover, Sponsored By Aqua Survey