Ooh!
Yay!
Failed attempt.
I can't believe we get to see that.
Just for context, D2 is 9 feet tall, so that gives you an idea of how big this ROV is.
So the fact that we can film a 2-centimeter fish from this 9-foot tall, 10,000-pound machine
is amazing.
The specs on these cameras and the ROV are just incredible.
When we zoom in, it might seem huge, but we're actually maybe looking at something only a
few centimeters large.
It makes a huge difference on the research end.
Every time we go on a cruise, we take thousands of bottom photographs,
and I have to look at every single one, and I have to determine the percent cover
using this computer program.
If I can't make out what it is, then that data is lost.
When you have high-quality imagery and high-quality photographs,
and you can make out the teeny tiny things, it makes a huge difference.