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	HOME ABOUT US SUBMERSIBLE EQUIPMENT DIVES CONTACT US   Doug's Bio Our Clients Photo Gallery	NAVIGATION Delta utilizes WinFrog navigation software with ORE Trackpoint USBL input combined with an SG Brown Gyro compass. Positions are recorded onto a spreadsheet automatically. Delta Oceanographics helped pioneer the high accuracy acoustic positioning ORE Trackpoint system.     SONAR Delta's Imagenex 881 high performance sector scanning sonar can operate and display data in variable sector (up to a complete circle), polar, linear and profiling mode.     DATA LOGGING Delta continuously logs depth, temperature, conductivity, and altimeter data using a Seabird SBE 19+ CTD.     MANIPULATORS The hydraulic arm can place or retrieve scientific instrumentation on vertical wall terraces, pick up geological and biological samples to depths of 1,200', and collect methane gasses. The mechanical arm can collect specimens to depths of 600' as well as manipulate scientific instruments and devices.     VISIBILITY Delta has 19 flat viewports through which the observer can see an undistorted view of the seafloor from less than 1 foot away and only a few inches from a pipeline or outcrop, allowing close-up photography and observations even in poor visibility.     UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY National Geographic's wide angle high definition video camera mounted on Delta's starboard bow.     Example of a standard exterior camera setup with laser array.     Hand-held still cameras can be used from inside the submersible and synced to an exterior strobe.   To Top of Page
	Delta Oceanographics PMB 146, 9452 Telephone Rd. Ventura, California 93004-2600 Phone: (805) 658-8439 Email: Ijames@jetlink.net