{"id":533417,"date":"2022-09-22T23:19:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T03:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?p=533417"},"modified":"2022-09-23T19:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T23:43:28","slug":"unlikely-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/unlikely-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlikely solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-533418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-1.png 437w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-1-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Coastal Endurance Team applied Desitin ointment, typically used to avoid diaper rashes and other skin ailments, to Glider 917.\u00a0 The ointment is a zinc oxide solution that prevents marine growth on gliders that traverse the shallow coastal waters near the Endurance Array\u2019s Washington line.\u00a0 Marine growth thrives in the upper layers of water where sunlight can penetrate, aiding such growth.<\/p>\n<p>Shown below is the glider launched with its protective coating in place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-533419\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-2.png 481w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-2-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The marine environment, however, is nothing but resilient. \u00a0Shown below is a glider recovered on the evening of September 21 after having spent three months in the upper coastal waters off the Washington coast. It would have been covered with marine life, imperiling its ability to maneuver, if it hadn\u2019t been protected with a coating to prevent marine growth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-533420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-3.png 518w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/09\/Solution-3-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coastal Endurance Team applied Desitin ointment, typically used to avoid diaper rashes and other skin ailments, to Glider 917.\u00a0 The ointment is a zinc oxide solution that prevents marine growth on gliders that traverse the shallow coastal waters near the Endurance Array\u2019s Washington line.\u00a0 Marine growth thrives in the upper layers of water where&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":533419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[104],"tags":[101,171,170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533437,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533417\/revisions\/533437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}