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4) Sonar coverage during a dive of AUV Ulyx (gray background) covering a zone of approximately 6x3 km, with sonar swaths of about 400 m (horizontal stripes). The identified barrels shown as black dots line up along tracks followed by ships during barge dumping.
July 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Copyright for all images: Flotte Océanographique Française - Campagne NODSSUM.

2) Barrel dumped at the seafloor at about 4700 m water depth and 3) a probable leak of unknown material - probably tar used to embed the waste in the barrels.
July 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Copyright for all images: Flotte Océanographique Française - Campagne NODSSUM.

1) Swath of Ulyx sonar data (left) and close-up of the barrels at the seafloor, showing as bright spots (from box on the left), with the bright illuminated side by the sonar and the shadow away from the AUV.
July 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM