NOC’s Autosub6000 Acquires Most Detailed Survey of Porcupine Abyssal Plain

The most detailed photographic survey of the abyssal ocean floor has been taken by the National Oceanography Centre’s robot sub, Autosub6000 – some half a million photos that will be stitched together to form a ‘street view’ map of the North Atlantic’s Porcupine Abyssal Plain and its inhabitants. Forward and down-facing cameras mounted on the [...]