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Gear construction: 1x SDI-HD-Video-Camera (1080i, 720p), 4x UW-LED, 3x Laser, 1x Photo-Camera (>30 Megapixel), 2x Flashlights, 1x Altimeter
Dimensions: 1.65 x 1.33 x 1.25 m
Deployment: On the R/V Sonne the OFOS is deployed over the starboard side, connected to a fibre optic cable. The OFOS is lowered to about 1.5 m above the seafloor, and the ship tows the OFOS while images are relayed to the ship in real time.
Maximum Depth: 6,000 m
Follow-up work: High definition video and still images are captured during each OFOS dive, which are saved for future analysis.
Samples / Results: OFOS images and video are used to help describe the sampling stations, in terms of landscape and fauna, and are also used for descriptions of novel observations and for quantitative analysis to compare occurrence of different species and features at the sampling stations.
Copyright: © 2022, Thomas Walter, Creative Commons by Attribution; CC-BY-NC-SA
Copyright: © 2022, Thomas Walter, Creative Commons by Attribution; CC-BY-NC-SA
Copyright: © 2022, Thomas Walter, Creative Commons by Attribution; CC-BY-NC-SA
Copyright: © 2022, Thomas Walter, Creative Commons by Attribution; CC-BY-NC-SA
Copyright: © 2022, Thomas Walter, Creative Commons by Attribution; CC-BY-NC-SA
