Schmidt Ocean Institute ROV live video -- 27 October 2017

Matt Revington · October 27, 2017, 09:35:56 AM

Looking at the map on the website at 9:30 Eastern time the ship has now left the last reef ( Mckean?) is now heading toward Niku and should be in a few hours.

Ric Gillespie · October 27, 2017, 10:42:54 AM

The current plan is for the dive at Niku to take place around 19:00 GMT ( 3:00pm EDT) today.

Krystal McGinty-Carter · October 27, 2017, 12:41:26 PM

Well, Im at work where I have 3 monitors. I have their navigation status up and ready. I'm Central Time and Ill be here until sometime between 11 pm and midnight. Cant use Skype voice though.

Bill Mangus · October 27, 2017, 01:07:05 PM

Here's the link for the live feed:

https://schmidtocean.org/technology/live-from-rv-falkor/

Wonder if there will be an audio feed as well?

Matt Revington · October 27, 2017, 01:08:30 PM

audio feed...., well it would be a good sign if we hear banjo music ;)

Ric Gillespie · October 27, 2017, 01:10:43 PM

Latest word is that they expect to begin descent at 3:45pm EDT. They may not start streaming until they get to the bottom.

Gary Vance · October 27, 2017, 02:22:56 PM

The live feed is now on.

Krystal McGinty-Carter · October 27, 2017, 02:23:22 PM

Can you verify the dive number? Im showing 81

Bill Mangus · October 27, 2017, 02:24:32 PM

Stream is up!

I show #81 as well

Krystal McGinty-Carter · October 27, 2017, 02:26:37 PM

Woot! Let the games begin!

Bill Mangus · October 27, 2017, 02:28:42 PM

anyone have audio?

Krystal McGinty-Carter · October 27, 2017, 02:29:28 PM

Not me. Im at work. The feed is neat in its own right. Seeing the ocean floor so deep. The fish are unimpressed.

Mark Appel · October 27, 2017, 02:49:03 PM

Audio is on. Scientists are commentating.

Bill Mangus · October 27, 2017, 02:50:02 PM

got it!

Ric Gillespie · October 27, 2017, 03:03:01 PM

As shown on the navigation map, they started about one kilometer out and are working their way toward the island. They're at 800 meters depth now and will go to about 500 meters depth as they get closer to the island. The terrain looks really flat where they are now in contrast to to the steep reef slope closer in. They have no set plan for where they'll go as the dive continues, "letting the substrate guide our actions."

We've always accepted that the plane floated some distance out to sea before sinking, but we never imagined we'd have an opportunity to investigate that possibility.