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Sense of Humor? Priceless

A REMUS-600 autononomous underwater vehicle sits on its cradle outside the Oceanographic Systems Lab. The AUV, which can dive to 600 meters, has a modular design to accommodate varying payloads and sensors. That large white section of the vehicle is the Small Synthetic Aperture Minehunter (SSAM), a high-resolution imaging sonar.(Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)