Seafloor Explorer: Underwater Images Project Opens To The Public (PHOTOS)
A new interactive website called the "Seafloor Explorer" allows viewers to browse photos taken by HabCam, an underwater mapping vehicle built by engineers and marine biologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and contribute ...www.huffingtonpost.com
'HabCam' opens window to life on seafloor in natural habitat
Amber York, a biology research associate at Woods Hole who works on HabCam, told OurAmazingPlanet that pictures have already sparked her interest: She has spotted an anemone and a worm that could be new species.www.msnbc.msn.com
'HabCam' Opens Unique Window on Seafloor Life
The oceans are getting the red-carpet treatment with a new project from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: HabCam, an optical imaging endeavor that provides researchers with a one-of-a-kind glimpse of the seafloor.www.ouramazingplanet.com
New 'Seahorse' sees scallops in new way
This June 2012 photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Seahorse, the latest and most sophisticated version of the marine habitat mapping camera system, HabCam, being recovered after a sea scallop survey off the ...www.statesman.com
'Seafloor Explorer' website will provide everyone opportunity to identify ...
The team has more than 40 million images, but are launching the site with a preliminary set of 100,000 - all of them taken by HabCam, a habitat mapping underwater vehicle. HabCam was developed and built by the HabCam group, which comprises marine ...phys.org
Help Oceanographers Comb the Ocean Floor From the Comfort of Your Screen
The photos come from the HabCam group, an underwater habitat-mapping project at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.www.popsci.com
HabCam : un engin étonnant à la découverte des fonds marins
HabCam se compose d'un appareil photo d'une résolution de 2 méga pixels, protégé par un squelette métallique de près de 30 mètres. L'engin se déplace en zigzagant à une profondeur située entre 1,8 et 2,4 mètres du plancher océanique. Grâce à ce ...www.maxisciences.com
'Seahorse' Sees Scallops in New Way
They helped develop the Seahorse, along with the Deep Submergence Laboratory at Woods Hole. It's an advance over previous versions of HabCam because it's equipped with strobes and two cameras, instead of one, enabling it to take 3-D pictures at a rate ...www.sci-tech-today.com
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Habcam pictures
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