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Slow day at work

Postby colinm on Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:23 am

Well It's a slow day at work due to 40kt winds and the associated large waves, so I thought I'd post some photos we've taken from the ROV. Not the greatest quality as they are grabbed from the video feed using Winfast, but for novelty value they are ok I guess.
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Mick T on Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:46 am

Colin,

COOL!!! Very cool :-)

Can you ad a pic of the ROV too?
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Mick T on Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:47 am

Depth 1014? Is that feet?
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby colinm on Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:04 am

Mick T wrote:Depth 1014? Is that feet?



Yeah, it's feet. We changed the readouts to display metric a couple of years back. Seabed depth here is 314m give or take a metre.

I'll dig up/take some photos of the ROV for you later today as the ones we have on the computer seem to mainly show particular areas of the ROV only.
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby ikm on Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:15 am

Awesome! Thanks :)
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Martyn on Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:18 pm

:!: :!:
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby kmo on Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:27 pm

We have a new winner - Easily the most expensive camera gear on WAD :D
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Mick T on Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:39 pm

kmo wrote:We have a new winner - Easily the most expensive camera gear on WAD


So he should be posting THE BEST photos. ;-)
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Gudge on Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:52 pm

Martyn wrote:If you get a chance on the next deep dive. Put one of them Polystyrien cups in a basket and take it down with the sub. When back at the surface.
Take a pic against an original. Its good to show just how the pressure down there affects these cups.
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When I was the Engineer of the RAN's Oceanographic Research Ship (HMAS COOK) back in the early 80's we used to attach these cups and various other bits and pieces to the sampling probes which took samples from the bottom in water thousands of metres deep. The results were very interesting.
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Mick T on Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:57 pm

You stay away from my ship's clock Gudge. I don't need it miniaturised!
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby till on Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:06 pm

Thats all great but do you tie gulp worms on the rov on the really really really slow days?
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby colinm on Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:28 am

Mick, Ikm. Here's some photos of the ROV, or as it was described to me once, our underwater camera and the equipment needed to get it to the job site.

Martyn. Sending foam cups down is good fun but, unfortunately they have only got paper cups on here. :( Spoil sports!

Till. What are gulp worms?
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby Mick T on Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:09 am

Colin, love the toys you get to play with. And they pay you for this?
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby kmo on Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:05 am

Has anyone checked with the Russian ice skaters if it is okay to use that paintjob?
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Re: Slow day at work

Postby till on Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:17 am

Gulp is a tough but tasty artificial bait
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