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Deploying two seismic sources

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
A woman and a man stand on the edge of a ship and swing a boom out over the water, with instruments attached
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Jenny McKee and Peter Dal Farro of the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center swing a pair of seismic sources, also called air guns, and the gun hanger, out over the water to deploy them during the 2018 MATRIX cruise. Scripps Institution of Oceanography's seismic streamer is coiled on the blue winch in the foreground.

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PCMSC Marine Facility Field Equipment