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pl23_ship3227.jpg

A green laser water penetration system devised by Sylvania Electronic Systems in the late 1970's

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Description

A green laser water penetration system devised by Sylvania Electronic Systems in the late 1970's. Although advertised for fisheries use, this technology hasevolved into LIDAR, a system for measuring shallow-water bathymetry and also for into a rapid terrain mapping technique. In: Farooq Hussain, 1970, LivingUnderwater, p. 87. Library Call Number GC65 H8 1970b.

Photographer

Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

NOAA Affiliation

NOS