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Seafloor imagery and elevation data collected by SQUID-5

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program July 2019 (approx.)
A transect image and 3D model of a coral reef, and a graph displaying reef elevation across the transect
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Example of data collected by SQUID-5 at Cheeca Rocks in the Florida Keys during a SQUID-5 system test conducted prior to acquisition activities at Looe Key and Eastern Dry Rocks. A. Color-enhanced orthomosaic imagery (many photos stitched together) with two example transects for measuring elevation. B. Bathymetry (water depth) data collected by SQUID-5 in the same two survey passes. C. Elevation profiles along the two transects shown in A & B. From https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00525/full

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