Streamer recovery at dawn....
We have spent the last 19 days traveling almost 2000 miles
at the leisurely speed of 7 miles an hour, trailing a seismic streamer almost the
length of Manhattan and collecting beautiful seismic data. More soon on that! But yesterday we wrapped up data collection, and
started reeling in the seismic streamer as we watched the sun rise over the Big
Island. It took only ~11 hours to retrieve all of our seismic reflection gear - speedy! Now we just need to pick up the
70 ocean bottom seismometers that we left on the seafloor…
Seismic streamer with 'bird' for depth control, returning to the ship. Sunrise over the Big Island in the background. |
Donna Shillington - LDEO
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