the SERPENT project

November 24, 2008 9:48 PM

The SERPENT projectCollaborating closely with key players in the oil and gas industry, the SERPENT project aims to make cutting-edge industrial ROV technology and data more accessible to the world's science community, share knowledge and progress deep-sea research. Galleries, video of rare elbowed squid.
posted by dhruva (5 comments total)

Missing audio: "It must'a had a self-destruct mechanism. I didn't hit it that hard."
posted by rokusan at 9:54 PM on November 24, 2008

oh god nigerian piglet squid! ^_^
posted by sergeant sandwich at 10:07 PM on November 24, 2008

These exploration missions are really cool. I'm happily surprised that the oil companies are letting scientists use data from these dives.

Some more great photos here.
posted by thebigdeadwaltz at 10:30 PM on November 24, 2008

I'm happily surprised that the oil companies are letting scientists use data from these dives.

Easy, cheap PR?
posted by sebastienbailard at 2:31 AM on November 25, 2008

You know my boss once told me that he had seen videos of cormorants diving at a depth of 1km during an ROV survey. That story was clearly bullshit, although the same company definately did have an awesome giant squid video, which I was told was donated to 'science'.
posted by theyexpectresults at 9:01 AM on November 26, 2008