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
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By para_sight, on  December 5th, 2011  15 comments  Cephalopods!, Fish, Megavertebrate, Mining, Vessels and Equipment, Weird  oil rigs, ROV, sharks, whales This just in The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, can confirm that there has been an incident involving the RRS James Cook in which the remotely operated vehicle ROV Isis came into contact with the ship’s port propeller.The accident occurred during ROV deployment at around 12.00 GMT approximately 09.00hrs Ship’s time on Wednesday 19 January 2011. . . . → Read More: Incident Involving the RRS James Cook and ROV Isis
By Dr. M, on April 5th, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Ecology, Life Science, New Research, Scientist! Biodiversity, bioturbation, canyon, competition, Ecology, Macrofauna, Monterey Canyon, ROV, Sediment I am very excited today! My new paper in the journal Ecology will be coming out in April on the regulation of biodiversity in the deep sea. NESCent is issuing a press release (below) written by our very talented, Communications Director Robin Smith. Above is a high-definition Youtube video we put together for the . . . → Read More: When the dinner bell rings for seafloor scavengers, larger animals get first dibs
By Dr. M, on February 3rd, 2010 4 comments Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment alvin, exploration, manned, NASA, Obama, robot, ROV, Sealink, shutle, space, submersible, unmanned The internets is consumed recently with the Obama administration’s choice to cut funding for NASA manned space exploration. Manned missions to the moon or development of the technologies needed to go mars…gone. A lot of people are quite distraught about this decision believing it a poor course for the future. ”The decision has been condemned . . . → Read More: Manned or Unmanned?
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 17th, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Vessels and Equipment AUV, Nereus, R/V Cape Hatteras, ROV Wood’s Hole’s Nereus was offloaded off the R/V Cape Hatteras today. Stood by to watch it get packed up. It was a tight fit with little room for error! The Nereus is a hybrid AUV/ROV that was just out to Cayman Rise where it was used to help discover new vents in the Caribbean! To . . . → Read More: Hosta la Vista, Nereus
By Dr. M, on September 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment Expeditions, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment butter, Chris Mah, echinoblog, Expedition, lava, NE Pacific, remote operated vehicle, ROV, Volcano In the ROV control room. You can see Chris there on the right with his left hand on his chin. I am in the background about dead center (the bald one with the headset on doing my cheif scientist thing. Chris Mah provides the next installment of his ongoing series covering our previous cruise. Although . . . → Read More: More on the 2009 NE Pacific Expedition
Hat tip to one of my favorite blogs, Ugly Overload. Remember, when you eat monkfish this is the beautiful beastie your unleashing your taste buds upon! From the Youtube page for the video uploader, OceanContent: “Sitting on the keel of the HMS Ark Royal, this Monkfish let us take some close up shots about 80 . . . → Read More: How Do You Do Mr. Monkfish?
By Dr. M, on May 7th, 2009 2 comments Expeditions, Vessels and Equipment AUV, Challenger Deep, Nereus, Pacific Ocean, robot, ROV, submarine, Transformer, WHOI, Wood's Hole From BBC News… If successful, Nereus will be the first autonomous vehicle to visit the 11,000m (36,089ft) Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. Only two other vehicles have ever visited the spot before, both of them human operated. The $5m submarine will make the attempt in late May or early June after a series . . . → Read More: Transformers Into the Deep
By Dr. M, on February 23rd, 2009 23 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, New Research, Scientist! Aquarium, Barrel-eye, deep sea, Eye, fish, MBARI, ROV, video #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish’s tubular eyes . . . → Read More: Scientists Solve The Mystery Of Why This Fish Is So Freakin’ Crazy
By Dr. M, on February 10th, 2009 2 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Gadgets & Gear, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment cabled observatory, ECHO, Eye In The Sea, ROV From Wired Magazine: You would be smiling and laughing too if you were about to play with several million dollars of scientific equipment Wired Magazine has nice write up about the cabled observatory, ECHO, and the Eye in the Sea that I discussed yesterday. [caption id="attachment_2272" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="From Wired Magazine: You would be smiling . . . → Read More: Eye In The Sea
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