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Deep Sea Survey and Mapping with the Teledyne Gavia SeaRaptor AUV
Deep Sea Survey and Mapping - The SEARAPTOR™ is a survey grade deep water autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to operate at abyssal depths. A wide range of sensors allow the SeaRaptor™ to complete several types of missions including: broad area search with side-scan sonar, hydrographic survey with multibeam and sub bottom profiler, and high resolution inspection survey with camera and acoustic sonar. These surveys support a variety of applications, such as search and recovery, salvage, exploration, construction support, marine archaeology, and oceanography.
The video shows the main system components and sensors as well as the launch and recovery system. General mapping and search and recovery applications are depicted.
published: 11 Apr 2019
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How Close Are We to Completely Mapping the Ocean?
We’ve mapped other planets to more detail than we have our own oceans. How close are we to a complete ocean map?
“The Swim” Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGg-1xQbd5M&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X7iQ31AN0hszm5a3RCosk00
Read More:
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
https://seabed2030.gebco.net/
“Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO. It aims to bring together all available bathymetric data to produce the definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030 and make it available to all. It builds on more than 100 years of GEBCO's history in global seafloor mapping”
Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial Waters
Read more:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/first-complete-map-ocean-floor-stirr...
published: 24 Nov 2018
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Mariana Trench: Record-breaking journey to the bottom of the ocean - BBC News
An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench with the risk of his submersible imploding if anything were to go wrong.
The dive was later verified to be 10,972m and Victor became the first person to reach the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.
Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
published: 14 May 2019
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Nekton Mission 1: XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey: Results
Nekton Mission I - XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey - is a major scientific marine research expedition to investigate ocean function, health, and resilience across the Northwest Atlantic and focused on Bermuda.
Over 80 scientists participated from 12 marine research institutes to discover dozens of new species in Bermudian mesophotic and rariphotic depths (30m-300m) ranging from small cryptofauna to wide spread coverage of a new black coral species standing up to 2m high. The team documented the deepest recorded evidence of Lionfish globally – revealing the spread of this invasive species deeper into the ocean than previously known. A total of 20 scientific peer-reviewed papers are being published, all data is open-sourced and all specimens are retained in Bermuda and curated in the Bermuda A...
published: 07 May 2018
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Automating a 20-year survey of deep-sea animals
A new robot that surveys the deep sea, collecting data autonomously, is providing a boost to one of MBARI’s longest running research projects. The Midwater Time-Series Project consists of video surveys of animals in the upper kilometer of the water column in Monterey Bay. Trained biologists review the video footage, identifying and documenting every animal seen. The resulting data can be analyzed to determine what species live in the midwater region, adding to our understanding of life in the deep sea, and how it is changing over time. The new i2MAP (Investigations of Imaging for Midwater Autonomous Platforms) AUV system will increase survey efficiency and add to the remotely operated vehicle observations MBARI researchers have been making over the past two decades.
Video producer/editor/...
published: 14 Nov 2016
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Seeing Sur Ridge: Transforming deep-sea mapping data to reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis
WARNING: This video may potentially trigger photosensitivity reactions. Viewer discretion is advised.
In 2013, after many years spent mapping Monterey Bay and its environs, MBARI and NOAA scientists discovered an underwater oasis—lush with corals and sponges—just 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Big Sur. This rocky ridge, called Sur Ridge, stands over 500 meters (1640 feet) tall and stretches over 20 kilometers (12 miles) long—roughly the size of Manhattan. MBARI has been working diligently to create ever more detailed maps of Sur Ridge for more than twenty years to better understand its geologic processes—like underwater landslides—and to monitor the health of the marine life that calls it home—including the impacts of climate change.
Data collected by MBARI’s mapping team has helped b...
published: 01 Mar 2021
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Survey of San Pedro basin seafloor finds munitions, explosives
A second sweeping survey of the seafloor off the Southern California coast by researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography revealed aging military munitions and explosives littering the bottom of the ocean.
The survey, conducted in April 2023, was a follow-up to one completed in 2021, which found barrel-sized objects organized in lines across 135 square miles of the San Pedro basin -- between Santa Catalina Island and Long Beach.
Led by Scripps oceanographers Sophia Merrifield and Eric Terrill, the 2023 survey used a deep-water autonomous underwater vehicle with sonar and a remotely operated vehicle with an HD video camera, both capable of working up to full ocean depth of 6,000 meters or 19,600 feet, a statement from UCSD read.
The expedition took place with supp...
published: 06 Jan 2024
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Deep-sea surveys of proposed wind-farm site off the California coast
A fleet of floating wind turbines anchored in deep water off the California coast could boost the state’s production of clean energy. But for that vision to become reality, the seafloor in the area of the proposed wind farm must be stable enough for the turbine anchors and the cables that will carry the energy to shore. With his long career of studying the seafloor—including the specific location of this proposed wind farm—MBARI Geologist Charlie Paull is the perfect person to lead the study of the wind-farm seafloor site.
MBARI conducted eight high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) mapping surveys of the region in April 2018 to help establish how rapidly seafloor features form and identify the seafloor footprint of existing buried submarine cables. These surveys were follow...
published: 09 Apr 2019
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2022 Expedition Highlights Reel - Deep Sea Exploration and Beyond | Nautilus Live
Spending over 200 days at sea in 2022, E/V Nautilus and the Corps of Exploration explored the Central Pacific Ocean with deep sea dives, seafloor mapping, and brand-new partnerships venturing into the shallow ocean. Thank you for joining the adventure as we mapped over 162,000 km2 and explored never-before-surveyed areas of the ocean floor for over 534 hours across 34 ROV dives. With expeditions ranging as far as the Pacific Remote Islands and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monuments, we ended our season close to Hawaiʻi launching the From Shore to the Abyss partnership program with near coastal research projects focusing on wildlife biology, maritime heritage, and plastic pollution. This highlight reel shares some of our adventures beneath the sea and the inspiring people and technolog...
published: 25 Oct 2022
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Nekton Mission: XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey - Bermuda
Project Baseline collaborated with Nekton and GlobalSubDive in 2016 to conduct Nekton’s first mission, the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey in Bermuda with the objective of initiating an Index for Ocean Health developed by the University of Oxford. Our team conducted 32 technical scuba dives and 77 submersible dives during which they collected video, still images, coral, algae, and water samples along 65 transects in depths between 120 and 300 meters and along 73 transects in depths between 15 and 90 meters; and assisted researchers with the deployment and retrieval of specialized sampling equipment.
published: 05 Dec 2019
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Deep Sea Survey and Mapping with the Teledyne Gavia SeaRaptor AUV
Deep Sea Survey and Mapping - The SEARAPTOR™ is a survey grade deep water autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to operate at abyssal depths. A wide rang...
Deep Sea Survey and Mapping - The SEARAPTOR™ is a survey grade deep water autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to operate at abyssal depths. A wide range of sensors allow the SeaRaptor™ to complete several types of missions including: broad area search with side-scan sonar, hydrographic survey with multibeam and sub bottom profiler, and high resolution inspection survey with camera and acoustic sonar. These surveys support a variety of applications, such as search and recovery, salvage, exploration, construction support, marine archaeology, and oceanography.
The video shows the main system components and sensors as well as the launch and recovery system. General mapping and search and recovery applications are depicted.
https://wn.com/Deep_Sea_Survey_And_Mapping_With_The_Teledyne_Gavia_Searaptor_Auv
Deep Sea Survey and Mapping - The SEARAPTOR™ is a survey grade deep water autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to operate at abyssal depths. A wide range of sensors allow the SeaRaptor™ to complete several types of missions including: broad area search with side-scan sonar, hydrographic survey with multibeam and sub bottom profiler, and high resolution inspection survey with camera and acoustic sonar. These surveys support a variety of applications, such as search and recovery, salvage, exploration, construction support, marine archaeology, and oceanography.
The video shows the main system components and sensors as well as the launch and recovery system. General mapping and search and recovery applications are depicted.
- published: 11 Apr 2019
- views: 15688
8:11
How Close Are We to Completely Mapping the Ocean?
We’ve mapped other planets to more detail than we have our own oceans. How close are we to a complete ocean map?
“The Swim” Playlist - https://www.youtube.com...
We’ve mapped other planets to more detail than we have our own oceans. How close are we to a complete ocean map?
“The Swim” Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGg-1xQbd5M&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X7iQ31AN0hszm5a3RCosk00
Read More:
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
https://seabed2030.gebco.net/
“Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO. It aims to bring together all available bathymetric data to produce the definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030 and make it available to all. It builds on more than 100 years of GEBCO's history in global seafloor mapping”
Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial Waters
Read more:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/first-complete-map-ocean-floor-stirring-controversial-waters-180963993/
“It could also be potentially lifesaving: Even today, the lack of a detailed map can be deadly, as was the case when the USS San Francisco crashed into an uncharted mountain in 2005. “People have been excited about going to different planets,” says Martin Jakobsson, professor of marine geology and geophysics at Stockholm University, but “we haven’t been able to bring the attention to our own Earth in the same way as Mars. It hasn’t been easy to rally the whole world behind us.” Yet at the same time, some ecologists fear that such a map will also aid mining industries who seek profit in the previously unattainable depths of the Earth.”
The Ocean: Haven’t We Already Mapped It?
https://schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-post/the-ocean-havent-we-already-mapped-it/
“Most of the seafloor that has been mapped thoroughly is close to shore. Thanks to all of the hydrographers that constantly survey the world’s coastlines, we now have nautical charts (specialized maps) that are used to safely navigate ships. Coastal areas are well surveyed and often re-surveyed because seafloor conditions continuously change, especially close to shore. Hydrographers make sure that ships have the information they need to navigate safely by detecting and reporting new hazards to navigation with each chart update.”
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https://wn.com/How_Close_Are_We_To_Completely_Mapping_The_Ocean
We’ve mapped other planets to more detail than we have our own oceans. How close are we to a complete ocean map?
“The Swim” Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGg-1xQbd5M&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X7iQ31AN0hszm5a3RCosk00
Read More:
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
https://seabed2030.gebco.net/
“Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO. It aims to bring together all available bathymetric data to produce the definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030 and make it available to all. It builds on more than 100 years of GEBCO's history in global seafloor mapping”
Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial Waters
Read more:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/first-complete-map-ocean-floor-stirring-controversial-waters-180963993/
“It could also be potentially lifesaving: Even today, the lack of a detailed map can be deadly, as was the case when the USS San Francisco crashed into an uncharted mountain in 2005. “People have been excited about going to different planets,” says Martin Jakobsson, professor of marine geology and geophysics at Stockholm University, but “we haven’t been able to bring the attention to our own Earth in the same way as Mars. It hasn’t been easy to rally the whole world behind us.” Yet at the same time, some ecologists fear that such a map will also aid mining industries who seek profit in the previously unattainable depths of the Earth.”
The Ocean: Haven’t We Already Mapped It?
https://schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-post/the-ocean-havent-we-already-mapped-it/
“Most of the seafloor that has been mapped thoroughly is close to shore. Thanks to all of the hydrographers that constantly survey the world’s coastlines, we now have nautical charts (specialized maps) that are used to safely navigate ships. Coastal areas are well surveyed and often re-surveyed because seafloor conditions continuously change, especially close to shore. Hydrographers make sure that ships have the information they need to navigate safely by detecting and reporting new hazards to navigation with each chart update.”
____________________
How close are we to colonizing the moon, mapping the human brain and curing cancer? Join Seeker as we go in search of experts, academics and innovators who are racing to solve some of humanity’s biggest scientific challenges. We’ll dive into the facts and comb through the research to find the answers you’re looking for.
Seeker explains every aspect of our world through a lens of science, inspiring a new generation of curious minds who want to know how today’s discoveries in science, math, engineering and technology are impacting our lives, and shaping our future. Our stories parse meaning from the noise in a world of rapidly changing information.
Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos
How Close Are We? on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HowCloseAreWe/
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- published: 24 Nov 2018
- views: 464381
2:14
Mariana Trench: Record-breaking journey to the bottom of the ocean - BBC News
An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
Victor Vescovo spent four h...
An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench with the risk of his submersible imploding if anything were to go wrong.
The dive was later verified to be 10,972m and Victor became the first person to reach the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.
Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
https://wn.com/Mariana_Trench_Record_Breaking_Journey_To_The_Bottom_Of_The_Ocean_BBC_News
An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench with the risk of his submersible imploding if anything were to go wrong.
The dive was later verified to be 10,972m and Victor became the first person to reach the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.
Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
- published: 14 May 2019
- views: 10433188
14:39
Nekton Mission 1: XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey: Results
Nekton Mission I - XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey - is a major scientific marine research expedition to investigate ocean function, health, and resilience across t...
Nekton Mission I - XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey - is a major scientific marine research expedition to investigate ocean function, health, and resilience across the Northwest Atlantic and focused on Bermuda.
Over 80 scientists participated from 12 marine research institutes to discover dozens of new species in Bermudian mesophotic and rariphotic depths (30m-300m) ranging from small cryptofauna to wide spread coverage of a new black coral species standing up to 2m high. The team documented the deepest recorded evidence of Lionfish globally – revealing the spread of this invasive species deeper into the ocean than previously known. A total of 20 scientific peer-reviewed papers are being published, all data is open-sourced and all specimens are retained in Bermuda and curated in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo.
The Mission received global attention promoting and captivating an audience of 750million with the wonders of Bermuda and the previously undiscovered deep ocean. Media coverage included from the BBC, PBS, Forbes, Telegraph, New Scientist, Guardian, Sky News, Geographical. With Sirius XM, the Mission carried out the deepest live radio show in history. The Mission also launched a new educational programme - Submarine STEM with new resources and dynamic 360 VR films all distributed freely across Bermuda and reaching 1million young people globally.
Capacity Development has been a core objective of the Mission and Bermudians have been at the heart of the Mission across scientific research and publications, global media and education engagement.
Nekton would like to thank our partners from the Bermuda Government Department of the Environment & Natural Resources, Department of Education, Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), Bermuda Tourism Board, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI), CITV (Bermuda National Broadcaster), Bermuda Royal Gazette along with schools across country.
Full Details of the Results from the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey: www.nektonmission.org/mission-i/achievements
https://wn.com/Nekton_Mission_1_Xl_Catlin_Deep_Ocean_Survey_Results
Nekton Mission I - XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey - is a major scientific marine research expedition to investigate ocean function, health, and resilience across the Northwest Atlantic and focused on Bermuda.
Over 80 scientists participated from 12 marine research institutes to discover dozens of new species in Bermudian mesophotic and rariphotic depths (30m-300m) ranging from small cryptofauna to wide spread coverage of a new black coral species standing up to 2m high. The team documented the deepest recorded evidence of Lionfish globally – revealing the spread of this invasive species deeper into the ocean than previously known. A total of 20 scientific peer-reviewed papers are being published, all data is open-sourced and all specimens are retained in Bermuda and curated in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo.
The Mission received global attention promoting and captivating an audience of 750million with the wonders of Bermuda and the previously undiscovered deep ocean. Media coverage included from the BBC, PBS, Forbes, Telegraph, New Scientist, Guardian, Sky News, Geographical. With Sirius XM, the Mission carried out the deepest live radio show in history. The Mission also launched a new educational programme - Submarine STEM with new resources and dynamic 360 VR films all distributed freely across Bermuda and reaching 1million young people globally.
Capacity Development has been a core objective of the Mission and Bermudians have been at the heart of the Mission across scientific research and publications, global media and education engagement.
Nekton would like to thank our partners from the Bermuda Government Department of the Environment & Natural Resources, Department of Education, Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), Bermuda Tourism Board, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI), CITV (Bermuda National Broadcaster), Bermuda Royal Gazette along with schools across country.
Full Details of the Results from the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey: www.nektonmission.org/mission-i/achievements
- published: 07 May 2018
- views: 6400
2:53
Automating a 20-year survey of deep-sea animals
A new robot that surveys the deep sea, collecting data autonomously, is providing a boost to one of MBARI’s longest running research projects. The Midwater Time...
A new robot that surveys the deep sea, collecting data autonomously, is providing a boost to one of MBARI’s longest running research projects. The Midwater Time-Series Project consists of video surveys of animals in the upper kilometer of the water column in Monterey Bay. Trained biologists review the video footage, identifying and documenting every animal seen. The resulting data can be analyzed to determine what species live in the midwater region, adding to our understanding of life in the deep sea, and how it is changing over time. The new i2MAP (Investigations of Imaging for Midwater Autonomous Platforms) AUV system will increase survey efficiency and add to the remotely operated vehicle observations MBARI researchers have been making over the past two decades.
Video producer/editor/script/narration: Teresa Carey (MBARI Communications Intern)
Music: Brethren, Arise by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); Minor Corporate by JeffMusic (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1385881/minor-corporate)
Production support: Kyra Schlining, Kim Fulton-Bennett, Lonny Lundsten, Susan von Thun, Todd Walsh
For more information:
http://www.mbari.org/automating-a-20-year-survey-of-deep-sea-animals/
https://wn.com/Automating_A_20_Year_Survey_Of_Deep_Sea_Animals
A new robot that surveys the deep sea, collecting data autonomously, is providing a boost to one of MBARI’s longest running research projects. The Midwater Time-Series Project consists of video surveys of animals in the upper kilometer of the water column in Monterey Bay. Trained biologists review the video footage, identifying and documenting every animal seen. The resulting data can be analyzed to determine what species live in the midwater region, adding to our understanding of life in the deep sea, and how it is changing over time. The new i2MAP (Investigations of Imaging for Midwater Autonomous Platforms) AUV system will increase survey efficiency and add to the remotely operated vehicle observations MBARI researchers have been making over the past two decades.
Video producer/editor/script/narration: Teresa Carey (MBARI Communications Intern)
Music: Brethren, Arise by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); Minor Corporate by JeffMusic (https://www.jamendo.com/track/1385881/minor-corporate)
Production support: Kyra Schlining, Kim Fulton-Bennett, Lonny Lundsten, Susan von Thun, Todd Walsh
For more information:
http://www.mbari.org/automating-a-20-year-survey-of-deep-sea-animals/
- published: 14 Nov 2016
- views: 7318
2:33
Seeing Sur Ridge: Transforming deep-sea mapping data to reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis
WARNING: This video may potentially trigger photosensitivity reactions. Viewer discretion is advised.
In 2013, after many years spent mapping Monterey Bay and ...
WARNING: This video may potentially trigger photosensitivity reactions. Viewer discretion is advised.
In 2013, after many years spent mapping Monterey Bay and its environs, MBARI and NOAA scientists discovered an underwater oasis—lush with corals and sponges—just 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Big Sur. This rocky ridge, called Sur Ridge, stands over 500 meters (1640 feet) tall and stretches over 20 kilometers (12 miles) long—roughly the size of Manhattan. MBARI has been working diligently to create ever more detailed maps of Sur Ridge for more than twenty years to better understand its geologic processes—like underwater landslides—and to monitor the health of the marine life that calls it home—including the impacts of climate change.
Data collected by MBARI’s mapping team has helped bring Sur Ridge to life. This animation combines data from ship-based multibeam sonar at 25 meters (82 feet) in resolution, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) multibeam mapping data at one meter (about three feet) in resolution, and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) mapping lidar data at five centimeters (two inches) in resolution. MBARI scientists worked with Los Angeles film production company Frame 48 to visualize the terrain of Sur Ridge in astonishing detail. These amazing images demonstrate what’s possible when scientists and engineers work together to develop new technology for exploring the deep ocean.
Learn more about how we collaborated with visual effects artists at Frame 48 to bring MBARI's mapping tools and data to life: https://mbari.co/3sGbQkO
Credits:
Senior Producers: Heidi Cullen, Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Kyra Schlining, Susan von Thun (MBARI video team)
Animation: Frame 48 https://frame48.com/
A special thanks to Dave Caress, Jenny Paduan, and Steve Litvin for their thoughtful guidance and for providing the data used to build this animation.
Follow MBARI on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mbari_news/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MBARInews/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBARI_News
Tumblr: https://mbari-blog.tumblr.com
https://wn.com/Seeing_Sur_Ridge_Transforming_Deep_Sea_Mapping_Data_To_Reveal_The_Majesty_Of_An_Underwater_Oasis
WARNING: This video may potentially trigger photosensitivity reactions. Viewer discretion is advised.
In 2013, after many years spent mapping Monterey Bay and its environs, MBARI and NOAA scientists discovered an underwater oasis—lush with corals and sponges—just 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Big Sur. This rocky ridge, called Sur Ridge, stands over 500 meters (1640 feet) tall and stretches over 20 kilometers (12 miles) long—roughly the size of Manhattan. MBARI has been working diligently to create ever more detailed maps of Sur Ridge for more than twenty years to better understand its geologic processes—like underwater landslides—and to monitor the health of the marine life that calls it home—including the impacts of climate change.
Data collected by MBARI’s mapping team has helped bring Sur Ridge to life. This animation combines data from ship-based multibeam sonar at 25 meters (82 feet) in resolution, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) multibeam mapping data at one meter (about three feet) in resolution, and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) mapping lidar data at five centimeters (two inches) in resolution. MBARI scientists worked with Los Angeles film production company Frame 48 to visualize the terrain of Sur Ridge in astonishing detail. These amazing images demonstrate what’s possible when scientists and engineers work together to develop new technology for exploring the deep ocean.
Learn more about how we collaborated with visual effects artists at Frame 48 to bring MBARI's mapping tools and data to life: https://mbari.co/3sGbQkO
Credits:
Senior Producers: Heidi Cullen, Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Kyra Schlining, Susan von Thun (MBARI video team)
Animation: Frame 48 https://frame48.com/
A special thanks to Dave Caress, Jenny Paduan, and Steve Litvin for their thoughtful guidance and for providing the data used to build this animation.
Follow MBARI on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mbari_news/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MBARInews/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBARI_News
Tumblr: https://mbari-blog.tumblr.com
- published: 01 Mar 2021
- views: 25865
2:16
Survey of San Pedro basin seafloor finds munitions, explosives
A second sweeping survey of the seafloor off the Southern California coast by researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography revealed aging...
A second sweeping survey of the seafloor off the Southern California coast by researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography revealed aging military munitions and explosives littering the bottom of the ocean.
The survey, conducted in April 2023, was a follow-up to one completed in 2021, which found barrel-sized objects organized in lines across 135 square miles of the San Pedro basin -- between Santa Catalina Island and Long Beach.
Led by Scripps oceanographers Sophia Merrifield and Eric Terrill, the 2023 survey used a deep-water autonomous underwater vehicle with sonar and a remotely operated vehicle with an HD video camera, both capable of working up to full ocean depth of 6,000 meters or 19,600 feet, a statement from UCSD read.
The expedition took place with support from the U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and the Office of Naval Research.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/surve-finds-thousands-of-munitions/509-0f91db8e-a753-4524-a1f1-05b4e3512881
https://wn.com/Survey_Of_San_Pedro_Basin_Seafloor_Finds_Munitions,_Explosives
A second sweeping survey of the seafloor off the Southern California coast by researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography revealed aging military munitions and explosives littering the bottom of the ocean.
The survey, conducted in April 2023, was a follow-up to one completed in 2021, which found barrel-sized objects organized in lines across 135 square miles of the San Pedro basin -- between Santa Catalina Island and Long Beach.
Led by Scripps oceanographers Sophia Merrifield and Eric Terrill, the 2023 survey used a deep-water autonomous underwater vehicle with sonar and a remotely operated vehicle with an HD video camera, both capable of working up to full ocean depth of 6,000 meters or 19,600 feet, a statement from UCSD read.
The expedition took place with support from the U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and the Office of Naval Research.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/surve-finds-thousands-of-munitions/509-0f91db8e-a753-4524-a1f1-05b4e3512881
- published: 06 Jan 2024
- views: 28711
3:03
Deep-sea surveys of proposed wind-farm site off the California coast
A fleet of floating wind turbines anchored in deep water off the California coast could boost the state’s production of clean energy. But for that vision to bec...
A fleet of floating wind turbines anchored in deep water off the California coast could boost the state’s production of clean energy. But for that vision to become reality, the seafloor in the area of the proposed wind farm must be stable enough for the turbine anchors and the cables that will carry the energy to shore. With his long career of studying the seafloor—including the specific location of this proposed wind farm—MBARI Geologist Charlie Paull is the perfect person to lead the study of the wind-farm seafloor site.
MBARI conducted eight high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) mapping surveys of the region in April 2018 to help establish how rapidly seafloor features form and identify the seafloor footprint of existing buried submarine cables. These surveys were followed up with remotely operated vehicle dives to further study the site and to collect sediment cores to learn more about the processes that shape the seafloor and affect its stability.
MBARI is proud to be able to contribute its marine operations and science expertise to this effort to address societal needs, and is able to do so through its steady commitment to technology development and improved understanding of basic ocean processes.
For more information, see the MBARI 2018 Annual Report: http://annualreport.mbari.org/2018/ wind-farm
Video producer: Nancy Barr
Video editor: Kyra Schlining
Interview videographer: Todd Walsh
Music: http://taketones.com/track/digital-love (License N: TT000270144)
Floating wind-farm graphic courtesy of BOEM
Offshore wind farm and smokestack footage used under license from Shutterstock.com
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A fleet of floating wind turbines anchored in deep water off the California coast could boost the state’s production of clean energy. But for that vision to become reality, the seafloor in the area of the proposed wind farm must be stable enough for the turbine anchors and the cables that will carry the energy to shore. With his long career of studying the seafloor—including the specific location of this proposed wind farm—MBARI Geologist Charlie Paull is the perfect person to lead the study of the wind-farm seafloor site.
MBARI conducted eight high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) mapping surveys of the region in April 2018 to help establish how rapidly seafloor features form and identify the seafloor footprint of existing buried submarine cables. These surveys were followed up with remotely operated vehicle dives to further study the site and to collect sediment cores to learn more about the processes that shape the seafloor and affect its stability.
MBARI is proud to be able to contribute its marine operations and science expertise to this effort to address societal needs, and is able to do so through its steady commitment to technology development and improved understanding of basic ocean processes.
For more information, see the MBARI 2018 Annual Report: http://annualreport.mbari.org/2018/ wind-farm
Video producer: Nancy Barr
Video editor: Kyra Schlining
Interview videographer: Todd Walsh
Music: http://taketones.com/track/digital-love (License N: TT000270144)
Floating wind-farm graphic courtesy of BOEM
Offshore wind farm and smokestack footage used under license from Shutterstock.com
- published: 09 Apr 2019
- views: 26021
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2022 Expedition Highlights Reel - Deep Sea Exploration and Beyond | Nautilus Live
Spending over 200 days at sea in 2022, E/V Nautilus and the Corps of Exploration explored the Central Pacific Ocean with deep sea dives, seafloor mapping, and b...
Spending over 200 days at sea in 2022, E/V Nautilus and the Corps of Exploration explored the Central Pacific Ocean with deep sea dives, seafloor mapping, and brand-new partnerships venturing into the shallow ocean. Thank you for joining the adventure as we mapped over 162,000 km2 and explored never-before-surveyed areas of the ocean floor for over 534 hours across 34 ROV dives. With expeditions ranging as far as the Pacific Remote Islands and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monuments, we ended our season close to Hawaiʻi launching the From Shore to the Abyss partnership program with near coastal research projects focusing on wildlife biology, maritime heritage, and plastic pollution. This highlight reel shares some of our adventures beneath the sea and the inspiring people and technologies that made them possible.
With over 8.3 million views of our exploration discoveries, we are proud to share a love of ocean exploration and science with communities worldwide. Thanks to the collaboration, partnerships, and our loyal audiences, 2022 was one of our most successful- and groundbreaking- seasons yet. Stay tuned to learn what we have in store for 2023 and beyond!
This season was made possible by the many partners who support Ocean Exploration Trust in our exploration, inspiration, and innovation mission. The 2022 expedition sponsors are NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, the NOAA Office of Coast Survey, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the Office of Naval Research, and the National Geographic Society.
E/V Nautilus is exploring unknown regions of the ocean seeking out new discoveries in biology, geology, and archaeology. Join us 24/7 for live video from the seafloor and to ask questions of our explorers currently aboard Nautilus: www.nautiluslive.org.
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Spending over 200 days at sea in 2022, E/V Nautilus and the Corps of Exploration explored the Central Pacific Ocean with deep sea dives, seafloor mapping, and brand-new partnerships venturing into the shallow ocean. Thank you for joining the adventure as we mapped over 162,000 km2 and explored never-before-surveyed areas of the ocean floor for over 534 hours across 34 ROV dives. With expeditions ranging as far as the Pacific Remote Islands and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monuments, we ended our season close to Hawaiʻi launching the From Shore to the Abyss partnership program with near coastal research projects focusing on wildlife biology, maritime heritage, and plastic pollution. This highlight reel shares some of our adventures beneath the sea and the inspiring people and technologies that made them possible.
With over 8.3 million views of our exploration discoveries, we are proud to share a love of ocean exploration and science with communities worldwide. Thanks to the collaboration, partnerships, and our loyal audiences, 2022 was one of our most successful- and groundbreaking- seasons yet. Stay tuned to learn what we have in store for 2023 and beyond!
This season was made possible by the many partners who support Ocean Exploration Trust in our exploration, inspiration, and innovation mission. The 2022 expedition sponsors are NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, the NOAA Office of Coast Survey, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the Office of Naval Research, and the National Geographic Society.
E/V Nautilus is exploring unknown regions of the ocean seeking out new discoveries in biology, geology, and archaeology. Join us 24/7 for live video from the seafloor and to ask questions of our explorers currently aboard Nautilus: www.nautiluslive.org.
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- published: 25 Oct 2022
- views: 136966
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Nekton Mission: XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey - Bermuda
Project Baseline collaborated with Nekton and GlobalSubDive in 2016 to conduct Nekton’s first mission, the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey in Bermuda with the objec...
Project Baseline collaborated with Nekton and GlobalSubDive in 2016 to conduct Nekton’s first mission, the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey in Bermuda with the objective of initiating an Index for Ocean Health developed by the University of Oxford. Our team conducted 32 technical scuba dives and 77 submersible dives during which they collected video, still images, coral, algae, and water samples along 65 transects in depths between 120 and 300 meters and along 73 transects in depths between 15 and 90 meters; and assisted researchers with the deployment and retrieval of specialized sampling equipment.
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Project Baseline collaborated with Nekton and GlobalSubDive in 2016 to conduct Nekton’s first mission, the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey in Bermuda with the objective of initiating an Index for Ocean Health developed by the University of Oxford. Our team conducted 32 technical scuba dives and 77 submersible dives during which they collected video, still images, coral, algae, and water samples along 65 transects in depths between 120 and 300 meters and along 73 transects in depths between 15 and 90 meters; and assisted researchers with the deployment and retrieval of specialized sampling equipment.
- published: 05 Dec 2019
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