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Mission Day 156.  Honey Badger is home.  It was a tough slog at the end.  The LRI Team Honey Badger had take a too small boat over to the windward side to pick Honey Badger up.  Between the fouling and a twist in the tether, it just could not defeat the currents in the Alenuihaha Channel.  However, it now back in its cradle and giving up its secrets. 

Much to my astonishment, the LISST-Holo performed flawlessly and delivered over 9,000 images.  I've spent the past day downloading and copying them to multiple back ups. The system is not undamaged, but did not leak. It  was not eaten by a tiger shark. So, all in all, a good deployment.

The image from the down looking camera showed lots of fish along the way.  There are also some good images containing Rhizosolenia mat and what appears to be a massive aggregation event. More as that story unfolds. 

-Tracy