ONMS diver Mitchell Tartt, collects 3D imagery using the Catlin Seaview tripod system at a site on Molasses Reef in the Florida Keys NMS. The artifact being photographed is thought to be a winch from the wreck of the Slobodna - a 170 foot wooden Austrian schooner that ran aground in 1887. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Mitchell Tartt (ONMS HQ) captures the critically endangered Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, with Catlin Seaview's tripod system. Images from the tripod system are stitched together to form seamless 360 degree photos. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
SCUBA divers Lonny Anderson (FKNMS), Steve Lonhart (MBNMS), and Maya Walton (ONMS HQ) prepare to jump in at the Aquarius underwater laboratory. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Lonny Anderson (FKNMS) testing the rock wall next to the Aquarius underwater laboratory. The underwater rock wall is meant to simulate conditions in space and is used to train and prepare NASA astronauts. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Diver Lonny Anderson (FKNMS) swims around the Aquarius underwater laboratory. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
The Catlin Seaview survey team collected continuous, 360 degree, high resolution photographs of the Aquarius underwater laboratory using their state of the art SVII camera system. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Marine life at Conch reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
The underwater landscape at Conch reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Completing a survey for the Global Reef Record with Catlin Seview's SVII camera system at Conch reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Steve Lonhart (MBNMS) uses Catlin Seaview's tripod system at Crocker reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Walton
Lonny Anderson captures the underwater landscape with uses Catlin Seaview's tripod system at Crocker reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Walton
Up close with the common sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Walton
NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow, Maya Walton, training on an Catlin Seaview's underwater scooter. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Lonny Anderson (FKNMS) navigating with Catlin Seaview's SVII camera system. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries' Mitchell Tartt taking the SVII camera system underwater. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Catlin Seaview's SVII camera system. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Walton
Catlin Seaview's head of technology and special operations, Christophe Bailhache, at Grecian rocks reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Walton
When completing surveys for the Global Reef Record, the diver navigating the SVII camera system is accompanied by safety divers on underwater scooters. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Walton
SIMoN Senior Scientist, Steve Lonhart (MBNMS), photographing a shipwreck in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
Catlin Seaview Survey team member, Christophe Bailhache, photographing a shipwreck in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary using the SVII camera system. Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
SCUBA divers and researchers from NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries who trained on the Catlin Seaview camera systems. From left to right: Mitchell Tartt (ONMS HQ), Bill Goodwin (FKNMS), Maya Walton (ONMS HQ), Steve Lonhart (MBNMS), Emma Hickerson (FGBNMS), and Lonny Anderson (FKNMS). Credit: NOAA/ONMS/Hickerson
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