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Steel container containing 6 tons of material and 25,000feet of line. Line attached to buoy, container sinks pays out line, and a deepsea anchoring buoy is in place for a BOMEX ship to anchor to. (Image credit: Chief Survey Technician Elmer Larsen)
Photographer
Chief Survey Technician Elmer Larsen
Display Date
1969
Collection
Weather Service
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA (ret.)