WEBVTT 00:00:12.255 --> 00:00:15.430 We're exploring. We're going to places that nobody has been to before. 00:00:21.838 --> 00:00:29.500 Today we are operating two vehicles, the Seirios camera platform and the Deep Discoverer ROV or remotely operated vehicle. 00:00:31.701 --> 00:00:34.300 Alright pilot, you have control, when you're ready, you're free to dive. 00:00:37.492 --> 00:00:41.440 These ROVs, remotely operated vehicles, are just fantastic. 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.030 They give us eyes on the deep seafloor. 00:00:49.967 --> 00:00:56.160 The Deep Discoverer ROV is designed to study environments to 6,000 meters, which is almost four miles deep. 00:01:05.223 --> 00:01:10.300 Using a tool like D2 allows us to look at the bigger picture down in the deep ocean. 00:01:18.510 --> 00:01:23.700 You can think of the Deep Discoverer ROV as a multi-tool. It's outfitted with a number of different sensors. 00:01:24.837 --> 00:01:29.890 We can get the salinity, the temperature, the depth. There's also a dissolved oxygen sensor. 00:01:30.090 --> 00:01:36.030 And that means we can really get a good feel for what kind of environment these animals are living in. 00:01:40.032 --> 00:01:41.680 This is an always-changing platform. 00:01:42.312 --> 00:01:46.090 We work with the scientists to make sure that we're meeting their needs. 00:01:46.631 --> 00:01:49.280 These look like the first little pieces of carbonate we're seeing. 00:01:52.244 --> 00:01:56.800 Our main capability with this vehicle is our ability to capture high-definition video. 00:02:00.211 --> 00:02:01.240 That's a great shot. 00:02:08.348 --> 00:02:11.740 The HD camera on D2 has a 20-times optical zoom lens, 00:02:11.940 --> 00:02:18.290 meaning that we're able to zoom in on a three-inch creature from 10 feet away and fill the frame with incredibly fine detail. 00:02:21.842 --> 00:02:28.230 Having those eyes down in that environment really gives us a great context for the entire area. 00:02:34.755 --> 00:02:40.140 It is able to not only do our dirty work, but do the work of scientists ashore. 00:02:41.474 --> 00:02:46.700 The video feed comes up, it comes up to us on the ship and then it goes out via the Internet. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:54.930 Through telepresence, we are able to work together to get a great context for that deep-sea environment we may be exploring. 00:03:02.936 --> 00:03:09.500 We have great video. I mean, it's amazing the detail that they can zoom in and we can see on our monitors. 00:03:09.700 --> 00:03:17.020 But, in the final analysis, it many cases, we have to have the specimen to look at the microscopic anatomy. 00:03:19.735 --> 00:03:24.900 The other kind of data that we get is that we actually do samples, we do collections, geological and biological. 00:03:25.729 --> 00:03:27.870 We have a large payload on board D2. 00:03:30.315 --> 00:03:34.090 So the ROV Deep Discoverer is one of the most capable scientific ROVs. 00:03:34.290 --> 00:03:42.880 It not only has two manipulator arms, but also has a suite of tools which that manipulator arm can work. 00:03:46.614 --> 00:03:52.300 The craft manipulator has something called grip force, and that is something that we can adjust on the fly. 00:03:52.976 --> 00:03:58.280 We can choose anywhere from grip force 1, which allows us to collect something really, really delicate. 00:03:59.857 --> 00:04:03.020 There, you got the whole thing. Brilliant. Amazing. 00:04:04.468 --> 00:04:08.400 The other option is that we can go to grip force 9, when you fully repress that button, 00:04:08.600 --> 00:04:15.910 you have all 800 pounds of force of those manipulator hands available to you to collect something larger, like a 50 or 60-pound rock. 00:04:20.627 --> 00:04:26.680 Anything that we see here is really likely a new species as well, so thank you very, very much for collecting this. 00:04:30.183 --> 00:04:33.970 By being able to better understand an ecosystem in its entirety, 00:04:34.170 --> 00:04:40.360 that means that we can make better decisions about that area's management as well as its protection in the future.