VideoRay plays key role in investigation of lost underwater city in China
Explorer model works with underwater archeologists provides video for China Central Television network broadcast
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Phoenixville, PA - September 18, 2006
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Junying Ye, Managing Director of Beijing Ocean Seeker Technical Co. Ltd, with Geng Wei, the diver who discovered the lost city of Fuxian
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Divers prepare to accompany VideoRay to the site
VideoRay Explorer in action with a diver.
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A VideoRay Explorer owned by VideoRay’s Chinese dealer Beijing Ocean Seeker Technical Co. Ltd played a key role in exploring an ancient city at the bottom of Fuxian Lake in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The week long mission, organized by China Central Television and the Yuxi municipal government, recovered artifacts and explored with both divers and the VideoRay. Most days, VideoRay was an important source of light for divers and relics as it fed live video to journalists and researchers on the boat, in addition to diver-held cameras. On the fifth day, the VideoRay ventured alone at a depth exceeding 30 meters – too deep for the divers on this mission. It found and sent images of important artifacts that would otherwise have been undiscovered.
“This is an preliminary exploration, not a detailed archeological study. We are planning to do more detailed studies in the future. The small, portable and powerful VideoRay ROV has played an important role in this exploration and would be more important in our future work” said Professor Li Kunsheng, Director of Archeology & Culture Research Institute, Yunnan University.
See links below for more information on this fascinating story.
Complete Program [CHINESE]
Mission Overview
[ENGLISH] [CHINESE]
Mission Related Links
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VideoRay now has far more Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in service around the world than any manufacturer, and is delivering additional ROVs at an increasing rate. Weighing just 8 pounds and starting at $5995 USD, VideoRays can be equipped with sonar, positioning systems or other accessories, and are used for underwater surveys, offshore inspections, search and recovery, homeland defense, science, fish farming and a range of applications in underwater environments. In August, the General Services Administration (GSA) awarded VideoRay a contract to supply vehicles to the US government, making it easier and faster for many agencies to acquire one. See http://www.videoray.com/GSA for more information.
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