Bottom Lander
One hosts the camera, whereas the other two contain the two lighting systems. The light tubes will be located above the camera tube, distant from each other and the camera in order to avoid shades, to maximies the ilumination area and to prevent backscattering from suspended particles in the water. Exact dimensions will depend on the tests of light and camera performance. the system is designed as Bottom Lander, thus its lower part will be touching the lakefloor. Float will keep the system straight in the water.
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The three housings are fixed to a stainless steel frame made of 30x30 mm square tubing. The frame fixes the light and camera tubes in some distance in order to reduce backscatterring of light. On top of the frame floats are mounted, while the release mechanism will be connected to the lower end at some distance.