Tour of Atlantis & Alvin

MITCNC tour of the deep-sea research vessel Atlantis and the submersible Alvin. Click on any photo to see an enlarged version.

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Main science lab aboard Atlantis Dr. David Gallo Lounge
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Atlantis bridge Starboard-side pilot station Atlantis captain
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Main bridge console showing manual thruster controls on left and auto station keeping console on right. Monitors for cameras around ship View aft from starboard pilot station. Note the radome for the 14' satellite dish.
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Engineering status display. This was showing information about the multiple diesel electric generators. Engineering View into generator room Engineering main console
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Electrical bus control. Each large handle corresponds to one of 5 (6?) generators Disposable ballast for Alvin. They start with 1000 lb to submerge, drop 500 to become neutral, drop 500 more to ascend. Giant hatch overhead outside Alvin battery servicing area.
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Alving battery servicing room. Plugs on one of three giant battery chargers (the blue box). Cabling on exterior of Alvin. Each bundle of wires is enclosed in a tube filled with high-dielectric fluid, so that they can withstand the very high pressures of 4500 m depths.
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Front of Alvin. The tiny circle in the center is the forward observation port Steerable camera and light
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Crane Alvin comes out on the yellow tracks to be lifted into the water. The giant crane that lifts Alvin into and out of the water.
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Small crane A stack of ballast A large winch
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Sample container assembly View forward on the starboard side Lower-front area of Alvin
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AlvinŐs starboard manipilator AlvinŐs port manipulator
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“Do not touch window”
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Alvin thruster A tennis ball hanging from the ceiling to indicate when AlvinŐs backed far enough into the garage. Who says these guys donŐt have a sense of humor?
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Entry/egress into Alvin Giant clothes pin AlvinŐs hatch
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Some scientists/pilots doing checks inside Alvin One of them took a picture of us looking in. Console inside Alvin Inside Alvin
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Inside Alvin Attach point for large crane outside Playing a practical joke on the guys inside the sub
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View from the top of Alvin down onto the aft deck High-dielectric fluid reservoir Dingy More crane
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Crane The steerable camera/light Was John finally given enough rope on which to hang himself? The rope that lifts Alvin out of the water. R2D2 hates these things.
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Down in the water off the back of the ship. I don't know what this thing is.
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More crane Sewage ship along the port side
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So the crew & scientists know when to be back


Last updated: 7/31/06

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