Images to accompany press release:
12-Pound Underwater
Robot Goes on Mission with LSU to Abandoned Oil and Gas Platforms
(June 13, 2002)
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Chris Cleaver, a research specialist for Coastal Studies Institute at LSU, connects the VideoRay's tether, which allows the sub to travel up to 500 feet deep. |
Chris Cleaver lowers the VideoRay into the water. The sub is easily handled by one person - a refreshing change from the 1000-pound ROV usually used onboard. |
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Chris Cleaver, a research specialist for Coastal Studies Institute at LSU , lowers the VideoRay into the water for another exploration. |
Chris Cleaver, a research specialist, lowers the VideoRay into the water for another exploration. A platform is visible in the background. |
In its gripper, the VideoRay holds an oyster shell recovered at a few hundred feet underwater. Mark Miller, will carbon date the shell to help determine the age of the reef. |
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The VideoRay in the water at night, with its lights on. |
Mark Miller, a research specialist for Coastal Studies Institute at LSU, holds the VideoRay. Weighing only 12 pounds, the VideoRay is helping Miller and Chris Cleaver, at right, answer questions about marine life living on the legs of oil and gas platforms. |
The VideoRay retrieved an oyster shell from a few hundred feet of water. The shell will be carbon dated to help determine the age of the reef. |
