MBARI's Benthic Rover on the Deep Seafloor (IMAGE)

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

MBARI's Benthic Rover on the Deep Seafloor

Caption

The Benthic Rover makes its way across the deep seafloor during a trial run. The "brains" of the vehicle are protected by a spherical titanium pressure housing. The orange and yellow objects are made of incompressible foam, whose buoyancy makes the Rover light enough underwater so that it won't sink into the soft deep-sea mud.

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(c) 2007 MBARI

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