ABYSSAL OBSERVER

Prototype printing and assemblage - in progress

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Top section of the body seen from inside, with one IP DeepSea camera attached in position.

Foreground : top section of the body. Background : two halves of the upper polyhedron module.

Top section of the body with one IP DeepSea camera attached in position.

Fully assembled head with an aluminum arms and a LED spotlight.

Close-up on a LED spotlight pointing down, fixed to the bottom segment of the head.

Assembled head, showing the wide-angle zenithal camera and the hooks that will be used to move the Observer.

Assembled head standing on the junction piece that connects it to the trylon ; top segment of the body.

LED spotlight on its support, pointing down, attached to the bottom segment of the head.

One of the two external LED spotlight in its support, attached at the end of one of the two aluminum arms (lateral view).

External LED spotlight in its support, attached at the end of one of the two aluminum arms  (front view).

First assemblage of the upper part of the Observer, with the top segment of the body, the trylon and the head. All cables will travel through the trylon tubes.

Internal LED spotlight in its support, seen from the inside of the top segment of the body.

Top segment of the body with the aluminum trylon that supports the head. 

Lower segment of the head.