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Fluorescein dye released underwater during REMUS testing in Buzzards Bay.

Fluorescein dye released underwater during REMUS testing in Buzzards Bay.
Fluorescein dye released underwater during REMUS testing in Buzzards Bay.
Fluorescein dye released underwater during REMUS testing in Buzzards Bay.
Fluorescein dye released underwater during REMUS testing in Buzzards Bay.
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Whelan, Sean Patrick
Fluorescein dye released underwater during REMUS testing in Buzzards Bay.
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11/04/2016
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 14:
A harmless green dye, acting as a mimic for oil, spreads in Buzzards Bay, Mass., behind the research vessel Discovery. Top right: WHOI engineer Amy Kukulya and a Discovery crew member deploy the easy-to-handle autonomous underwater vehicle called REMUS. Middle: A hose releases dye as REMUS waits. Bottom: REMUS starts to hunt for oil and detect where it is and is not spreading.
Image Of the Day caption:
Fluorescein dye stood in for oil in a recent test of a new system to track oil spills underwater using a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), visible in the background. When completed, engineers intend for the DHS-funded system to include a long-range AUV capable of being deployed from almost any vessel and of operating for weeks with little or no intervention. It would give decision-makers on shore access to real-time data round-the-clock, from almost any spill siteincluding remote, hostile locations like the Arctic Ocean.
Photo by Sean Patrick Whelan
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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