The Aquarius Reef Base is located at Conch Reef, four miles offshore in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The underwater laboratory rests in a
sand plain adjacent to deep coral reefs and is currently home to a team of six people. The Aquarius program, representing the only underwater
laboratory operating in our oceans, has taken underwater operations and science to a new level.
Aquarius Mission 2007: If Reefs Could Talk LIVE!
September 17-23, 2007
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During this mission NOAA tested OPT's OceanCam. The camera was placed outside the habitat and was controlled
from inside the habitat and above water from locations around the world over the Internet. It was viewed and controlled from California, Oregon, North Carolina and a cyber-cafe in
Marbella Spain.
Several Aquarius webcams were also available for viewing on-line during the mission including inside the habitat. Transmission of images, video and data from Aquarius is made possible by a robust wireless network and TerraNovaNet. The Aquarius web cameras broadcast live only during missions [Aquarius cameras]. The mainlock webcam broadcasts live for the entire ten day mission, as well as their other webcams that allows views of the habitat, aquanauts and fish.
Current Aquarius cameras only provide fixed view analog video. For the first time, OPT's OceanCam provided a digital video camera that can be remotely-controlled over the Internet. The OceanCam was broadcasting live video, streaming in a high quality MPEG-4 format video.
Underwater cameras deployed in the ocean or in aquariums can be made available to educational organizations including schools, aquariums and exploratoriums. By making this technology available at a reasonable price, OPT hopes to see live cameras situated in thousands of locations around the globe.
View video recorded at Aquarius Reef Base
For more information and pricing please contact Robert Aston at
info@oceanpresence.com.
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