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Remote Operated Vehicles/Cameras
Another method that scientists
use to study creatures of the deep is to lower a video camera on a rope
to the bottom and videotape whatever passes in front of the camera lens.
This is a great way to capture live footage of deep ocean creatures
in their own habitat. To help the process along, fresh bait is usually
added to the carriage that the camera is mounted on to encourage specimens
to come in front of the camera lens. Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
have also been developed to carry video cameras down to depths and make
recordings or transmit live footage back to a screen where scientists
can view it real-time (as it's happening). ROV's are maneuverable
and can be "driven", or directed to the location that the human operator
wants to monitor (just like a toy remote-control car).
This is JASON; a Remote Operated Vehicle
owned by the
Woodshole Oceanographic
Institute
(photo courtesy of WHOI).
Trawling |
> Remote Cameras (ROVs) | Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(AUVs) |
Woodshole
Oceanographic Institute
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