Photos of the deployment of the BPR/Tilt instrument at MARS
Photo 1: MBARI research vessel Point Lobos.
Photo 2: MBARI remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana, on the deck of the Point Lobos.
Photo 3: BPR/Tilt instrument on deck of Point Lobos, ready to be deployed over the side.
Photo 4: ROV Ventana being deployed at the MARS site, about 25 miles offshore of Monterey.
Photo 5: The Ventana control room on the R/V Point Lobos.
Photo 6: View from Ventana showing BPR/Tilt instrument on the seafloor, with spool of cable attached.
Photo 7: Ventana taking the spool of cable off the BPR/Tilt instrument.
Photo 8: Instrument cable unspooled to MARS science node.
Photo 9: Ventana's manipulator plugs the cable from the BPR/Tilt instrument into the MARS Science Node.
Photo 10: MARS science node with BPR/Tilt instrument plugged in.
Photo 11: View of the BPR/Tilt instrument plugged in and deployed.
Figure 12: Cartoon of the MARS cabled observatory in Monterey Bay (from MBARI).
More information
More information is available at these links:
NSF | MARS | The Ocean Observatories Initiative | NE Pacific Cabled Observatory | Nano-BPR Viewer
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