It occurred to me that lateral motion capability of the robotic head of the midwater submerged harvesting sea line (remember the giant worms in "Dune"? ;) would be a good thing anyway, as it would allow "snorting the lines" of sargassum, as this seaweed self-organizes in linear "slicks" as seen on these photos:
http://www.physorg.com/news100350969.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070606113421.htm Above photos are in Gulf of Mexico, the only satellite view of sargassum in the Sargasso Sea I have found for now is this detail view of an eddy in the gulf stream: http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=347712 Pointers to wide view photos (sat or aerial) of the weed in the Eye area would be welcome. Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 1:55 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Eye of the Gyre In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:58:17 +0200: Hi, [snip] >Good point Richard, neither would I, nor would any robotic platform... Maybe >we could envisage sufficient flexibility in the mooring scheme (maybe some >kind of semi-dynamic mooring, static most of the time, dynamic=motorized when >needed) to move out of the way of the hurricane? [snip] It just needs to be submerged enough to get it out of the way. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
