In the Summer of 2002, Ms.
Evans traveled to Monterey, California to take part in the advanced
Marine Technologies Workshop: Marine
Science, Technology, and GIS
July 28 - August 3, 2002
(find Ms. Evans on their website - wearing the pink bandana)
http://www.marinetech.org/education/workshops.php
Waiting to board the research vessel in Monterey Bay,
California.
Image processing equipment on board research vessel (on right).
Side Arm Scanner (yellow tube) is ready to be launched (on left).
Global Positioning Systems (on Left) are used to track the movements of the ROVER (on right) under water.
The ROVER (right) is equipped with digital video cameras to record plants and fish in the Bay.
Side Arm Scanner (on left) used to measure the topography of the bay floor (bathymetry) viewed with special digital imaging software (on right).
Launching the ROVER (on left) to remotely sense the Monterey Bay Floor.
The ROVER is tethered to the research vessel and it's onboard cameras are remotely controlled from inside the vessel using a monitor (on right) .
Crew member (on left) uses a joystick to control the ROVER. Using an underwater video camera on board the ROVER, Ms. Evans (on right) "drives" the ROVER underwater to view of the plants and fish on the Monterey Bay floor.