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Reflexes of flight. >> the under water vehicle is gathering information to create a map of the sea floor. this time it's the bottom of a massachusetts reservoir. >> the side scan consists of on electronics package which is inside the vehicle. it's 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 the submerged car. >> once we identify the target, we do a cross pattern and we zoom in here. we ...

Searches for things that don't 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, it's 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. it is basically a computer that processes the data to make the pulse and to bring back the pulse...