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At the WHOI dock, Aaron Kayes of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) holds the rope line and Frank Raspante of Hydroid, Inc., holds a tail fin as the REMUS-6000 vehicle is lowered into the water for trials and testing. The autonomous underwater vehicle designed to reach depths of 6,000 meters was developed and built by the WHOI Oceanographic Systems Lab for NAVOCEANO. (Photo by Tom Austin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)