Our latest underwater imaging system, the Scripps Plankton Camera, was deployed at the end of Scripps Pier on March 14 and has been running for more than a month now collecting over 4 million images. Click on the image below to visit the site:
From the Site:
The Scripps Plankton Camera (SPC) was developed under a grant from the Beyster Foundation and in cooperation with the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS). The SPC is an underwater microscope with real-time image processing and object detection. It was designed to detect objects from tens of microns up to several centimeters. It employs darkfield illumination to enhance contrast of transparent objects. Data from the SPC are transfered in real-time to a webserver and database that support and interactive web tool for browsing images and exploring image statistics.