ROV SuBastian, The Schmidt Ocean Institute (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

ROV SuBastian, The Schmidt Ocean Institute

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ROV SuBastian, a new eco-friendly 3,100 kg (6,500 pound) deep-sea research platform for the Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor, equipped with ultra high-resolution 4K cameras, mechanical arms that move seven ways and can sample to depths of 4,500 meters (2.8 miles), with a lighting system equivalent to the lamps of 150 car high-beams. SuBastian will make its first science cruise in December, in the Mariana Back-Arc in the western Pacific. (Cruise details: http://bit.ly/2dXOMvA. All dives will be live-streamed on Schmidt Ocean Institute's YouTube page: http://bit.ly/2dB5Neg. High res images, b-roll: http://bit.ly/2dMBeQs

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