A little windier than we’d like, but still pretty good for #seacukescience #dronemapping

All in a days work... Looking for sea cucumbers in the Torres Strait is perfectly suited for drones, keeping us safe from crocs, stingers, and sharks! #seacukescience

When the tide is too high for aerial drone mapping, here’s our alternative! It’s doing a great job helping us map sea cucumbers #seacukescience @bluerobotics.bsky.social

Progress report. After three days:

53 km surface drone surveys
23 km underwater drone surveys
89 ha aerial drone surveys

All in the spirit of #seacukescience! @sawsharkman.bsky.social

First field trip job - set up the charging station! Aerial drones, under water ROVs, and surface drones! #seacukescience @sawsharkman.bsky.social

After missing all fieldwork last year thx to a destroyed achilles, it’s great to be on the boat again! In the Torres Strait looking for sea cucumbers:) #seacukescience @sawsharkman.bsky.social

We are seeing a TON of sea stars! This is just a very small portion of a single photo, but it's like it across a whole drone ortho. Is there anyone working on these critters who might like a collab with our #seacukescience team? @sawsharkman.bsky.social

Stoked to be back on Kalinda for more #seacukescience! Going to conduct ROV and drone surveys from Townsville to Cairns over the next two weeks, fingers crossed for some nice weather. Thanks to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation