Retired MBARI engineer Gary Thurmond took these aerial shots with a "KAP" Rig (Kite Aerial Photography camera platform), pictured at right. The rig consists of a radio-controlled pan and tilt Olympus D-340R digital camera, a small video camera for aiming the rig, and a 2.4 GHz microwave video downlink. The video is received on the ground and used to point the digital camera.

                  The MBARI dock and ships R/V Western Flyer (left) and R/V Point lobos (right). 
                  The ship at the end of the dock is the R/V Point Sur, operated by Moss Landing
                  Marine Laboratories

The MBARI facilities can be seen at the center of this photo.

The Moss Landing Marine Lab pier and the beach in front of MBARI.

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories