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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Explore The Seafloor


Have y'all ever wondered what lies beneath the body of body of water waves off the coast of America? If y'all convey scuba diving sense y'all could ever explore the seafloor for yourself. Or y'all could but allow the U.S. Geological Survey create all the diving for you.

As purpose of the Coastal & Marine Geology Program Seafloor Mapping Project the USGS has been busy collecting video in addition to photography of the seafloor off of the U.S. coast. You tin explore the seafloor videos in addition to photos for yourself using the USGS's Video in addition to Photograph Portal. From the portal y'all tin access interactive maps of California, Pacific Islands, Pacific NW, Alaska, New England in addition to the Mid Atlantic.

All these interactive maps include seafloor video in addition to photograph imagery which y'all tin explore straight from the map. Locations where video imagery is available are marked cherry-red on the map. The photograph imagery is colored blue. Just click on these blueish & cherry-red dots to thought the seafloor imagery.