As some of you know, I have been working on a microbiology project for about 5 months. I have been working with my professor, Dr. Gordon Wolfe, and with a research group at Humboldt State University and another at Portland State University. I have working on characterizing heterotrophic protists found in the lake. Boiling springs lake is the largest lake of its kind in North America. It has a pH of ~ 2, and temperatures that vary from ~55 to ~95 degrees C. Keep in mind that 37 degrees is body temperature, and 100 degrees is boiling.
Anyways, I just returned from my 4th trip to the field, and thought I would share some pictures and thoughts. 
This image is actually from my trip on July 5th, and you are seeing the Humboldt State crew sampling the hot end of the lake.
This is an image from the north side of the lake.
Thats all for now, folks. But you can plan on seeing some images from my actual research, and maybe some microscopy videos that I have captured of amoebae.
