MIR II HOV |
(MI_Platform) uuid: d9946280-90de-11e8-b568-0800200c9a66 citation: (CI_Citation) title: MIR II HOV date: (CI_Date) date: 2018-07 dateType: (CI_DateTypeCode) creation identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: MIR II HOV description: The Mir II is a battery-powered, three-person submersible with a maximum operating depth of 6,000 m (20,000 ft). This deep-diving capability ranks the Mir vehicles among the deepest diving submersibles ever built, and gives them the capability to reach approximately 98% of the ocean floor. The Mirs allow scientists to observe the deep sea through multiple view ports, video records, instrument placement, sample collecting, and environmental monitoring. The submersibles are launched and recovered with a specialized crane from the starboard side of their primary support vessel, the Research Vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh. To observe the ocean, the crew can peer out of a huge viewing port. While looking out the window is great, the primary data that come from submersible dives are videos. Six 5,000-watt lights allow for excellent filmmaking. Scientists are not the only ones to employ the Mirs in underwater filming. Director James Cameron used them to make his blockbuster Titanic, and they have also been used for IMAX films. sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/08D95C427FB128479945893256DADE37 title: NOAA/OAR/OER - Ocean Exploration and Research (POC) |