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Here comes the ROV…

This morning heralded the arrival of the last big piece of equipment for this expedition: the ROV Luso. Supplied and operated by the expert team at EMEPC, the Luso will be in action on both legs of the expedition.

 

Award-winning photographer Nuno Vasco Rodrigues used a drone to capture these photos of the ROV arriving at the dockside in Vigo and being winched aboard the RV Sarmiento de Gamboa. Both images Image © Nuno Vasco Rodrigues / CSIC / iMirabilis2

In this close-up you can see the major pieces of equipment on the back deck: the ROV (circled in pink) being lowered into the empty spot right at the back; the benthic lander (green) and Autosub and the LARS (blue). Image © Nuno Vasco Rodrigues / CSIC / iMirabilis2
And finally, everything is in place - including the big blue container on the left, which is the all-important ROV control room. Image © Andreia Afonso / EMEPC / iMirabilis2

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This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 818123 (iAtlantic). This output reflects only the author’s view and the European Union cannot be held responsible for any use that may be  made of the information contained therein.