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Installing Broadband Seismometers on the Islands Preparing a site on San Cristobal  | | San Cristobal, September 1999 |
Our second site was installed on the island of Espanola. We found plenty of soil at this site, with the help of the captain of the Espanola. He has been sailing these waters for his entire life. He knows the islands.
From left to right, Pat Ryan unpacks equipment, Doug Toomey checks tools, and Darwin Villagomez prepares to attach a solar panel to our caja negra. The solar panel charges the batteries, which power a site. Since this is our second installation, we are not yet a well-oiled machine. But after a couple of more days, watch out.
After several weeks, this site was found by vandals and damaged. On our next servicing round it was moved to a safer location. Most likely, the vandalism occurred as a result of ongoing tensions between fishermen and the Galapagos National Park.
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