May 20, 2021. The rightmost point of this orange line shows where we hope to deploy the autonomous underwater vehicle before it moves westward towards a series of mounds. The seafloor is at about 820 meters depth at this site, and the mound is around 20-30 meters high.This high-resolution seafloor topography was collected two days ago by the ship during overnight mapping operations.
May 20, 2021
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May 20, 2021. The rightmost point of this orange line shows where we hope to deploy the autonomous underwater vehicle before it moves westward towards a series of mounds. The seafloor is at about 820 meters depth at this site, and the mound is around 20-30 meters high.This high-resolution seafloor topography was collected two days ago by the ship during overnight mapping operations.
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