Live undersea robot as exciting as a space walk(interactiveoceans.washington.edu)
interactiveoceans.washington.edu
Live undersea robot as exciting as a space walk
http://www.interactiveoceans.washington.edu/visions11/live
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If you watch long enough you will see what appears to be a green V. This is actually two green lasers mounted in parallel, 10cm apart. This gives the pilots "depth perception".
Yeah, I saw that in the FAQ. I tweeted a question to them about the camera. Their reply: "the camera is a Zeus plus built by insite pacific..a high end hd fantastic camera but not 3D". Here's the camera product sheet: http://www.insitetritech.com/Camera_Summary.pdf
This is very cool. Looking at and being near volcanic activity with temperatures near 300°C. There are narrators coming in occasionally to provide additional information and explanation.
Here are some links to provide some background and interaction:
Twitter feed for updates: http://twitter.com/#!/VISIONS11ops
Visions '11 cruise that you are watching the mission of: http://www.ooi.washington.edu/visions11
Approximate location: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.55586,-129.587516&hl=en...
More information about the submersible: http://www.ropos.com/
Here are some links to provide some background and interaction:
Twitter feed for updates: http://twitter.com/#!/VISIONS11ops
Visions '11 cruise that you are watching the mission of: http://www.ooi.washington.edu/visions11
Approximate location: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.55586,-129.587516&hl=en...
More information about the submersible: http://www.ropos.com/
What would be awesome was if there was a corresponding Map which showed where in the ocean the image is coming from -
According to there Tweet: "4555.586N 12958.7516W axial seamount, eastern side of caldera."
It would also be nice to see things like depth.
Edit: I guess you can use these to search Google maps: 45.55586,-129.587516
It would also be nice to see things like depth.
Edit: I guess you can use these to search Google maps: 45.55586,-129.587516
According to the comments, they have a fiber optic cable up to the ship and from there a sat link to a server at washington.edu...
I wonder if that's a stereoscopic camera. The depth of field looks good, but I had a problem gauging distance several times. Some formations, viewed straight on, looked small until the robot came around for a side view and I realized they were much bigger than I thought.