Launching the HPIES

Launching the HPIES

The deployment of the HPIES (Horizontal Electrometer Pressure Inverted Echosounder) instrument off the fantail of the Thompson at the Axial Base site. The instrument was designed to freefall to the seafloor from the surface, and did so successfully.

Photo Credit: Ed McNichol, Mumbian Enterprises, Ltd.

Related Stories

 

Tags