A Bluefin 12 BOSS AUV combined images from three sensors (an electro-optical camera, gradiometer, and bottom object scanning sonar) to corroborate a target location of a partially buried cannon.

Figure 8. On the HMS Cerberus Site 4, a Bluefin 12 BOSS AUV used three sensors (an electro-optical camera, gradiometer, and bottom object scanning sonar) to detect a partially buried cannon. These images show how data from the three sensors are combined to corroborate a target location. Image courtesy of AUVfest 2008: Partnership Runs Deep, Navy/NOAA, OceanExplorer.noaa.gov.

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