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View of Great White Shark from the REMUS SharkCam tracking it.

View of Great White Shark from the REMUS SharkCam tracking it.
View of Great White Shark from the REMUS SharkCam tracking it.
View of Great White Shark from the REMUS SharkCam tracking it.
View of Great White Shark from the REMUS SharkCam tracking it.
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Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, WHOI
View of Great White Shark from the REMUS SharkCam tracking it.
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08/01/2012
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Date is approximate. Video clip was created in 2013 from video shot in 2012.
Image Of the Day caption:
Right on the tail of an 18-foot great white shark is a WHOI underwater robot called REMUS--making history as the first autonomous underwater vehicle to successfully track and film a live, moving shark. The 5-foot REMUS, specifically outfitted for this mission, debuted last night as SharkCam on a program during Discovery Channels Shark Week. Great whites have been sighted more frequently off Cape Cod recently, probably because of rebounding gray seal populations. WHOI will host and Webcast a forum with scientists and engineers who study these species tomorrow. The public is also invited to explore educational displays and hands-on activities and talk with researchers 5:30 to 9 p.m., in the Discovery Tent behind Redfield Auditorium.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 50, no. 2, page 47:
Engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution teamed up with Greg Skomal, a biologist at Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, Big Wave Productions, and Discovery Channel to create an experimental autonomous underwater vehicle that for the first time could track and film a live, moving shark...
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