By para_sight, on  December 5th, 2011 Cephalopods!, Fish, Megavertebrate, Mining, Vessels and Equipment, Weird oil rigs, ROV, sharks, whales The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled “There’s something wrong with the ROV”. The startling shots show what appears to be an unfortunate mako shark that has become entangled in the mechanics of a large ROV [remotely operated vehicle] #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; . . . → Read More: Animals Vs. Equipment
This story at The Today Show’s Animal Tracks is just great, knitters banding together to create adorable pullovers to keep penguins warm after their feathers were cleaned from the devastating recent oil spill ion New Zealand. But nothing is as adorable as the pictures published with the article! Here is sneak peak, go there more. . . . → Read More: Friday Penguin KEWTNISSS!1!!
By Kevin Zelnio, on  October 19th, 2011 Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, elastec, Gulf of Mexico, NPR, oil, oil skimmer, Oil Spill, X Prize Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn’t developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it’s the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the company . . . → Read More: New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
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A big yellow section from a floatation platform was found off Miami yesterday. Ryan Haines from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami is trying to locate the owners. Email us here at DSN (deepseanews@gmail.com) if this is your lost gear. Also in the DSN lost and found box are 4 empty bottles of beer, a red . . . → Read More: Does This Belong To You?
Um, if DSN started a kickstarter for this, would you guys chip in so we can make this our official headquarters?? Seriously though, the builder should consider donating the ship to a public park and install as a playground for kids to use as much imagination plundering the high seas with their merry crew, as . . . → Read More: Want a pirate ship? For only $10K you can have a hand-built one!
By para_sight, on  October 10th, 2011 Archaeology, History, and Art, Megavertebrate, Vessels and Equipment, Weird great white sharks, Mir, salvage, sharks, submarine, submersible, treasure On Friday I had cause to meet with a gent called Marco Flagg and it turned into one of the more interesting chats I’ve had in a long time. Marco is the chief engineer of a company called Desert Star that makes a range of navigation and tracking products, one of which we’ve been using . . . → Read More: Of great whites and great depths
Composite map of the first two and a half weeks of salinity data since Aquarius satellite became operational on August 25 (click to embiggen). Map reflects ~150km resolution and 1 week revisit time. © 2011, NASA Aquarius Project Apologies if I lost any of you post-Gen X readers with that Muppet Show homage title. But . . . → Read More: SALT FROM SPAAAAACE!
Ray: A Life Underwater from Danny Cooke. “A rogue with an eye for salvage – and the ladies – Ray: A Life Underwater is an affectionate portrait of one man’s deep sea diving career, told through his extraordinary collection of marine artefacts. Like a modern-day pirate, 75-year-old Ray Ives has been scouring the seabed for . . . → Read More: TGIF: Ray, A Life Underwater
Eric Wolff alerted me to this moving documentary on the 500,000 people evacuated by boat from Manhattan on 9/11. From Christopher Mims: In nine hours, boats streaming in from all over the Northeast evacuated 500,000 people trapped on Manhattan Island by the complete shutdown of all trains and bridges in the wake of the fall . . . → Read More: 9/11: Largest ever evacuation by boat in history
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