Cable laid for U.S. deep-sea observatory

April 8th, 2007

“A 52-km cable was put in place along the sea floor of California’s Monterey Bay, marking an important step in the construction of a deep-sea observatory off the United State’s continent. The cable will power scientific instruments, video cameras and robots 3,000 feet (900 meters) below the ocean surface. It will also relay data to land, which will be shared by scientists and engineers around the world, said the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Friday. The Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) observatory, when completed later this year, could allow scientists to monitor and control instruments 24 hours a day and have an unprecedented view of how environmental conditions in the deep sea change over time…” (Read full article here)

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