Deploying cable IMG4 (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Deploying cable IMG4

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Julia Schmale, an assistant professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (left), and Manuela Köpfli, a University of Washington graduate student in Earth and space science (right) unspool the fiber optic cable from a large drum, sending it down to the fjord-bottom to record data.

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Dominik Gräff/University of Washington

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