Turtle Eggs avoid Gulf Oil Danger

Kathy Gault (background) calls out adjustments to Bob Miller (right) and Kelley Anderson-Nunley (left) who make slight adjustments to level a Styrofoam cooler containing half of a 112-Loggerhead sea turtle egg nest at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on August 9, 2010. Mr. Miller and Ms. Gault are endangered species biologist with the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron and Ms. Anderson-Nunley is a contract wildlife technician with Colorado State University. The cooler is sitting resting on elastic bands of a shipping frame. Because of the critical attachment of the embryo to the inside of the eggshell, the eggs must be gently moved. With equal care the transportation to the Atlantic coast is critical and gentle. At a controlled climate facility, they will be allowed to hatch in the cooler. Wildlife technicians will then release them into the ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)