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Figure 1

Schmidt Ocean Institute benthic lander is deployed from R/V Falkor for an operational test. Syntactic ? otation high, integrated acoustic release low, and the expendable anchor weight suspended below the platform deck. The negative weight of the release is placed close to centerline for trim, and positioned low to act as a counterweight for stability. No instruments are mounted on the white marine grade

HDPE frame. The anchor weight is rigged for recovery after the test.

By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design LLC

Photo courtesy Schmidt Ocean Institute, 2014 66 September/October 2022

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