Today we processed 106 feet of rock core to a depth of 3231 ft. We saw pahoehoe flows almost exclusively, and surprisingly little olivine in the rock units. There were a number of baked flow contacts and compound pahoehoe units made up of multiple flows. Tomorrow I'll be sure to post another photo of an interesting feature from the rock processing.
Drilling Update: At the end of the day the deepest rock delivered from the drill site was 3282.5 ft. There are usually two deliveries of rock per day: The late-morning delivery is rock that the night crew drilled, while the evening delivery is the day crew's core that we process the following morning.
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