 Sunday 6-May-2007, Day before Splash-Down. Potting-Ops |
 Coming back up, backside of the Sabina |
 Lots of sealife |
 NOAA/UNCW Aquarius 42' long, 12' diameter |
 Go Fish! |
 Gazebo |
 Divers nearing the wet porch |
 Pot going down |
 Professionals at work |
 The larger pots require a two man team |
 50 feet to the wet porch |
 It may not seem very far, but if the current is ripping, it's no day at the beach |
 Gazebo |
 Front half of Aquarius |
 The back half |
 Undersea RAVEN repair |
 Gold arm, Joint 2 (elbow) cable snapped during potting (our foam cases crushed down on it under pressure) |
 Working at the kitchen table |
 All better |
 Mitch Lum, Undersea Surgical Robot Engineer, Technician, Diver |
 Battery backup cable tethered to the mounting head so it won't get lost |
 Wow, you don't see that everyday |
 NURC guys diving on Nitrox |
 Stick with your buddy! |
 Day in and day out, these guys are the backbone of Aquarius operations |
 Lift bag in the water |
 US Navy Diver, Jerrod New |
 Jerrod and Ross |
 Underwater scooters |
 Zoom zoom |
 Pots going down |
 Buddy Teams |
 FSU Justin Brown |
 NASA guys on their scooters |
 RAVEN coming up! |
 Some fancy footwork by Ross and Jerrod to get the very buoyant dive bag containing the RAVEN arms up and to the back of the boat |
 RAVEN on the surface |
 RAVEN coming aboard |
 Misplaced photo: RAVEN computers and surgical tools potted down |
 Serious scooter action allows the divers to conserve air and reach a larger area |
 Looks like a ton of fun too! |
 buzzzzzz........ |
 Both curious and blind, barracudas like to swim right up to you |
 Some of his friends wanted to see what was going on too |
 Tricky stuff getting those pots up and down through the water column |
 More... |
 Do you get the idea, these guys do it all day long! |
 It takes a large crew both in the water and on the boat to make it all happen |