Picture #020 in A Day in the Life of a Tomography Mooring

020 A final burst of activity near the end of the mooring. The acoustic releases are on deck and attached to the mooring line. The releases will be about 30 m above the anchor (see the mooring blueprint). The chains and nylon rope connecting the acoustic releases and the anchor are being prepared here. There is a set of glass balls (already over the stern at the time this picture was taken) directly above the releases to bring them to the surface when the mooring is recovered.