ROV SuBastian Dive 203 Costa Rican Shelf Break
This is the 3rd dive of the #AdvancingAutonomy expedition taking place at Jaco Scar Crest just off the coast of Costa Rica. The team will be taking ROV SuBastian to a depth of 750m to explore an expected seep site for calibration of future autonomous glider missions. We expect to see an assortment of clam, tubeworms, microbial mats, mussels, and carbonate crusts. We will be testing a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We will also tests the freshly installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
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