Video. Robot photographing waves from inside a hurricane
Target ? They help to understand the physical processes at work, in order to better predict these extreme weather events, and thus better prepare for them.
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It’s the first. Scientists were able to record video of waves breaking inside a Category 4 hurricane using a floating robot, The company developed bySaildrone, Thursday 30 September. The craft faced the forces of a toxic hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean with waves 15 meters high and winds over 190 km/h. The footage shows a dark sky and waves violently swaying the robot – a kind of orange surfboard.
BREAKING NEWS: Saildrone captured the world’s first video footage from inside a hurricane! SD 1045 is currently inside # Tornado in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Read the full press release: https://t.co/We4qG56LvK Tweet embed Tweet embed pic.twitter.com/IIMgGs3JcB
– Saildrone, Inc. (saildrone) September 30, 2021
This is amazing “Drone” It transmits its data directly to the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Monitoring Agency (NOAA). Target ? They help to understand the physical processes at work, in order to better predict these extreme weather events and thus better prepare for them.
robot “You go where no research vessel has been before, and you navigate the heart of the eye of a hurricane, and you gather data that will change our understanding of these mighty storms.”said Richard Jenkins, founder and CEO of Saildrone. Hurricanes have been photographed from the inside in the past, but from the air, for example from aircraft.
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