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Presentation of the photographic volume “Deep colors of the Mediterranean” Presentation of the photographic volume “Deep colors of the Mediterranean”
Sep 17, 2015 from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM — Venezia Marghera, EXPO Acquae Venice - Via Ferraris 5,

It is more than 10 years that ISPRA has been using advanced instrumentations that allow an important research activities along the rich deep waters of the Mediterranean. In this context, thank to the R/V Astrea ship of ISPRA - with a sophisticated wire-guided robot, ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) capable of reaching great depths and to take  photos, movies, and small samples of marine organisms- the researchers experts have explored, with more than 50 oceanographic campaigns, almost 900 dive points, at depths between 50 and 400 m, spread along all the Italian coastal regions.