An ROV Is Making Incredibly Detailed Maps of the Seafloor Off California

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About 20 miles (32 kilometers) off the Californian coast, the 10,500-pound (4,7630-kilogram) remote submersible Doc Ricketts swept its strobe lights and sonar pulses across the seafloor like a transient silent disco. The vehicle wasn’t just putting on a show for the deep-sea denizens of the Pacific. It was mapping the…Read more…

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Isaac Schultz on Earther, shared by Brian Kahn to GizmodoAn ROV Is Making Incredibly Detailed Maps of the Seafloor Off California