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Data & Collaboration

Real-time Data Collection

NEPTUNE Canada is collecting data from 11 instrument platforms and over 50 instruments installed in 4 locations around our 800km cable loop.

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Real-time Collaboration


In addition, we host team spaces for groups working on research projects (log-in required -- if you are associated with one of the NEPTUNE Canada research projects and require access to the team space, please let us know).

Looking for video?

Where to see video

Video clips & photos

Our best of video clips are available through YouTube, still images through Flickr, and these are being added to regularly.

Live video

For raw live video, check out our online cameras through Oceans 2.0 (click here for instructions on how to find the live video). This is our active science web environment that will be growing and developing into the future.

ROPOS Dive Videos

Also, you can watch our ROPOS installation dives through the Dive Viewer (go to Oceans 2.0, then click Browse and ROPOS Dive Videos).

Why aren't lights on all the time?

The cameras are in an environment without natural light, so the lights are on only for limited times, to minimize impacts on the sensitive seafloor ecosystems. Check our calendar to see when they’ll be on.

Recorded video

We will also be featuring a “Latest Data” page in the next few days, which will include the last video recording from our camera. So, keep checking here to see our latest highlights.

Oceans 2.0 Data Explorer

New Web Application!

Oceans 2.0 screengrab
Screengrab showing a set of interactive panels in our new Oceans 2.0 Data Explorer. (Click to enlarge.)

Live data are streaming from instruments across our observatory. We've created a powerful new application to help you explore our instruments, data and video from the deep. Our Oceans 2.0 Data Explorer lets you:

  • search and download data products
  • browse information about our instruments and sensors
  • interactively plot data through the web
  • view and comment on video logs of our deepsea installation dives by ROPOS
  • view live video from the seafloor (when camera lights are turned on) and watch as scientists control deepsea cameras

Enter the Oceans 2.0 Data Explorer! (Login required. If you don't have an account, please register for one.

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