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Photos of the deployment of the BPR/Tilt instrument at MARS


Photo of the R/V Point Lobos

Photo 1: MBARI research vessel Point Lobos.

 

Photo of ROV Ventana

Photo 2: MBARI remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana, on the deck of the Point Lobos.

 

Photo of the BPR/Tilt instrument on deck

Photo 3: BPR/Tilt instrument on deck of Point Lobos, ready to be deployed over the side.

 

Photo of ROV Ventana being deployed

Photo 4: ROV Ventana being deployed at the MARS site, about 25 miles offshore of Monterey.

 

Photo of the Ventana control room

Photo 5: The Ventana control room on the R/V Point Lobos.

 

Photo of the BPR/Tilt instrument on the seafloor

Photo 6: View from Ventana showing BPR/Tilt instrument on the seafloor, with spool of cable attached.

 

Photo of cable spool on the BPR/Tilt instrument

Photo 7: Ventana taking the spool of cable off the BPR/Tilt instrument.


Photo of instrument cable pulled toand MARS science node

Photo 8: Instrument cable unspooled to MARS science node.

 

Photo of Ventana plugging in the BPR/Tilt cable

Photo 9: Ventana's manipulator plugs the cable from the BPR/Tilt instrument into the MARS Science Node.

 

MARS Science Node on the seafloor

Photo 10: MARS science node with BPR/Tilt instrument plugged in.

 

Photo of the BPR/Tilt instrument plugged in and deployed

Photo 11: View of the BPR/Tilt instrument plugged in and deployed.

 

Cartoon of MARS cable in Monterey Bay

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

 

Required NSF disclaimer: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0826490. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.