The news magazine Brink will air a segment on the ORCA Eye-In-The-Sea camera tonight at 10:30 on The Science Channel.
The camera, which was featured in The Post earlier this year, was developed by the Ocean Research and Conservation Association’s Edith Widder. Widder, who once worked at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute created the camera with the help of institute researchers.
Pictures from the camera are amazing, kind of like looking into an otherworldly fish tank.
It has been sunk in Monterey Bay Canyon, but because of the great pressure at 3,230-feet below the ocean’s surface, it has experienced intermittent problems and is currently not working.
The camera will be repaired and redeployed August 14. But this time it will be accompanied by an animal carcass that will attract deep sea scavengers and predators.
Tune in to the live video after Aug. 14 here.