![Expedition Leader Bob Elder makes last-minute adjustments to the tail-end of the DSL-120 sonar vehicle. The large yellow squares are pieces of syntactic foam that keep the heavy vehicle “neutrally bouyant” in the depths--so that it can float above the seafloor rather than sink to the bottom.](1.jpg)
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Expedition Leader Bob Elder makes last-minute adjustments
to the tail-end of the DSL-120 sonar vehicle. The large yellow squares
are pieces of syntactic foam that keep the heavy vehicle “neutrally
bouyant” in the depths--so that it can float above the seafloor
rather than sink to the bottom.
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