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Reflexes of flight. >> the under water vehicle is gathering information to create a map of the sea floor. this time its the bottom of a massachusetts reservoir. >> the side scan consists of on electronics package which is inside the vehicle. its basically a computer that processes the data to make the pulse and to bring back the pulse and condition figure it into an image. >> it moves back and forth along the surface but some can dig deep into the ocean. sonar helps identify and find debris like...

Searches for things that dont belong beneath the sea. what is side scan sonar? >> well, side scan sonar is an acoustic technology that is based on reflections of sound rather than reflections of light. >> reporter: the autonomous underwater vehicle, an auv, is gathering information to create a map of the sea floor. this time, its the bottom of a massachusetts reservoir. but it could be the depths of the indian ocean. >> the side scan consists of an electronics package which is inside the vehicle...