Mapping Systems

Sampling: Seafloor Photography and Video

Seafloor photography and video provide the highest-resolution visual documentation of the seafloor environment. With photography and video, we can map substrate type and benthic habitats, and can provide ground-truth information for interpreted seafloor maps.

Recovery of camera sled with still and video cameras.	Video mosaic image generated from seafloor video.
Below, examples of seafloor photographs showing vivid examples of substrate type and fish habitats