An ROV Is Making Incredibly Detailed Maps of the Seafloor Off California
About 20 miles (32 kilometers) off the Californian coast, the 10,500-pound (4,7630-kilogram) remote submersible Doc Ricketts swept its strobe lights and sonar pulses across the seafloor like a transient silent disco. The vehicle wasn't just putting on a show for the deep-sea denizens of the Pacific. It was mapping the...