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Prepping AUV Sentry for a subsurface hydrocarbon plume hunting mission.

Prepping AUV Sentry for a subsurface hydrocarbon plume hunting mission.
Prepping AUV Sentry for a subsurface hydrocarbon plume hunting mission.
Prepping AUV Sentry for a subsurface hydrocarbon plume hunting mission.
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Camilli, Richard
Prepping AUV Sentry for a subsurface hydrocarbon plume hunting mission.
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07/28/2010
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Image of The Day caption:
The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry, shown here in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010 with WHOI's (from left) Cameron McIntyre, Andy Billings, and James Kinsey. In the background are several ships used to help stop the flow of oil into the Gulf from the damaged well. Sentry returned to the Gulf of Mexico at the end of 2010 on a mission to survey the ocean floor in areas suspected of being affected by oil. During the cruise, which was documented on the Dive and Discover web site, Sentry used its sonar and camera to provide researchers an advanced, detailed view of areas they thought would be worth a closer look using the submersible Alvin.
Repeat Image Of the Day caption:
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 people and released about 75,000 gallons of oil per hour into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. Many WHOI researchers mobilized to study the ongoing impacts of this unprecedented oil spill. Above, Cameron McIntyre, Andy Billings, and James Kinsey prepare WHOI's autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry to map a deep plume of hydrocarbons emanating from the damaged wellhead on the seafloor. Over the years, WHOI scientists have tracked dispersants used to clean up the spill, the fate of oil on the seafloor, and the impacts on deep-sea corals.
Photo by Rich Camilli
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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