known as an auv, the autonomousunder water vehicle, bluefin-21, to say this is uncharted territory, that s is putting it mildly. on the imagery i ve seen it s not sharply mountainous it s more flat and rolling. side-scan sonar will provide a three dimensional map. while searchers are look for flight 370, ocean nothing federal reserves want to learn as much as they can about this part of the ocean. we know so little we will learn something about the sea floor there, its morphology. are you glued to the tv and seeing what the results are? i m curious.
a locator system be moved into the area to help find the recorders. it s a listening device put into the water to help find the pings of the recorder. it s not very useful until you have a debris field. it can t be picked up by human ears but listen to what it sounds like. now, this is a very difficult search with so many obstacles. ian is a professor of ocean nothing gra fee at florida state. you ve given us maps to look at to show where the possible wreckage could be if the debris spotted on march 16th could be confirmed as part of the plane. explain this map that we re looking at with the plotted points with the red and black ones. what do we see? the best way to find the