Members of the Team responsible for deployment and recovery wear special gloves for protection. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 225 KB).
Members of the Team responsible for deployment and recovery wear special gloves for protection. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 225 KB).
Our current dive location is just about 2000m deep. It takes about 1.5 hrs from the time the ROV leaves bottom until it gets to the surface. Then a bit more time to get the ROV safely onboard and secured.
