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HROV Nereus in ROV mode underwater.

HROV Nereus in ROV mode underwater.
HROV Nereus in ROV mode underwater.
HROV Nereus in ROV mode underwater.
HROV Nereus in ROV mode underwater.
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Kagan, Becky and Kovacs, Evan
HROV Nereus in ROV mode underwater.
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12/01/2009
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 49, No. 1, page 29:
In the 2009 expedition to the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center, scientists used Nereus, a vehicle that can dive to 11,000 meters (nearly 7 miles).
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The hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) Nereus is a one-of-a-kind vehicle that can operate either as an autonomous, free-swimming robot to conduct wide-area surveys, or as a tethered vehicle for close-up investigation and sampling of seafloor rocks and organisms. On its maiden dive in May 2009, the vehicle successfully reached the deepest part of the worlds oceanChallenger Deep in the western Pacific Ocean. During its second expedition in October 2009 it investigated hydrothermal vents along Earths deepest mid-ocean ridge in the Cayman Trough. In 2013, as part of the newly funded HADES project, Nereus will be used to conduct the first systematic study of life in ocean trenchesthe deepest marine habitat on Earth.
Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory
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