TOBI (Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument) seafloor mapping instrument being lowered into the sea. TOBI is a sidescan sonar unit that is towed behind a ship

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TOBI (Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument) seafloor mapping instrument being lowered into the sea. TOBI is a sidescan sonar unit that is towed behind a ship. It sends pulsed sound waves towards the seafloor and records the echo-like reflections to create an image of the seafloor. Photographed on board RRS James Cook in the Caribbean, in 2010.

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Photo credit: © B. MURTON/SOUTHAMPTON OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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