Dr. Turner securing the subbottom transducer at the stern of the boat.
Subbottom Transducer
Image courtesy of the Search for the Lost French Fleet of 1565 Expedition, NOAA-OER/St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum. Download larger version (jpg, 294 KB).

Dr. Turner securing the subbottom transducer at the stern of the boat. When deployed, it is lowered into the water where it sends its sonar pings down into the seafloor below.

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