Explorers are set to deliver the first live video broadcast from deep below an ocean's surface.
Early next week, a submersible is expected to dive to 300 metres off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean and send images to a satellite transmitter on the mother ship. The Associated Press will send that footage around the world.
The challenge is to transmit live video from the depths without restricting the free-roaming submersible. The solution turns the images into light, which is transmitted to a decoder suspended above the submersible and then sent to the mother ship via fiber-optic cable. Keeping two submersibles and the decoder, called a depressor, in the optimal configuration is a delicate task that the mission's head of marine operations, Luke Ansell, called a "complicated ballet."
"I think our underwater broadcast is a great outreach experience but it also provides that connectivity of people with their oceans," said Nekton Mission principal scientist Lucy Woodall. "If we all choose to take collective responsibility then we can really make sure they are managed sustainably for the future."
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