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Mind if We Drop in?
November 30, 2015
A dive boat travels away from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster (in the distance) to deploy the “drop camera,” an underwater camera specialized for low light conditions.
Photo: Bill Henske
Mind if we drop in? A dive boat travels away from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster (in the distance) to deploy the "drop camera," an underwater camera specialized for low light conditions. The camera will be lowered (or dropped) at a specific location to "ground-truth" an interesting point in the satellite and sonar depth data.Read the blog post
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“Hydrographic survey launches can go to shallower depths than the large hydro ships, allowing them to get much closer to shoals and the coast.”