Name: Flying for Corals
Uploaded: 2018-07-04T19:08:12Z
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: Who would have thought the best way to map and understand coral reefs would be flying 6,500 feet above them? The Carnegie Airborne Observatory, or the CAO, is a flying laboratory packed with remote-sensing equipment, originally developed by NASA, that can dive deep into the chemical composition of coral from high above in an airplane.

Flying for Corals

Added on 04 Jul 2018

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Who would have thought the best way to map and understand coral reefs would be flying 6,500 feet above them? The Carnegie Airborne Observatory, or the CAO, is a flying laboratory packed with remote-sensing equipment, originally developed by NASA, that can dive deep into the chemical composition of coral from high above in an airplane.