During the early morning hours of June 28, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer transited past several islands in the Sangihe-Talaud chain while conducting multibeam operations.

During the early morning hours of June 28, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer transited past several islands in the Sangihe-Talaud chain while conducting multibeam operations. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, INDEX-SATAL 2010. Download larger version (jpg, 3.7 MB).

Sangihe-Talaud
June 28, 2010

The shipboard and shore-side team continued preparations for the our first ROV dive which is scheduled for tomorrow. We spent today continuing our multibeam mapping survey and outlining the dive plan for tomorrow. The deck and ROV crews completed a final dry run of the first ROV launch.