The unfolding

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Morgan Strong

Well I've been the guys that been behind-the-scenes on all this (even more so than the individuals on the portraits video). But, I am busily checking the servers each morning at 6am for new videos, transcribing them, compressing for web, and ensuring the videos are ready for the world to see. And there is a great feeling being the very first to see all of this (except in the field of course), and be facilitating the world to share these discoveries in close to real time.

It's been amazing, I feel like I'm close to being there... Except the mud, the cold, the rain, and the strange inclusion of a large commute each morning to the office.

When I saw the first images of the caves lit up, I couldn't believe just how spectacular the area was. Up to then, all I had seen was the was the very small lit areas near the camera. But when the entire area was lit up, a whole new world was revealed, it really bought home just how different this time capsule is to the surface Nullarbor.

Another highlight has got to be the release of the Kestrel. Seeing the cave still active; breathing and still capturing wildlife just shows active and important this site is for science, and how deadly it can be. And as a side note, that kestrel was super cute...

Now there's a bit of media attention with the possible new species discoveries, I look forward to seeing how this project grows and hopefully gets more and more attention as we start unrolling the citizen science aspects.

Good times.