Undersea robot aims for 3-D image of BP oil plume.

[PJPhreak]

Scientists geared up on Wednesday for a 12-day trip in the Gulf of Mexico with an undersea robot they hope will capture 3-D images of oil plumes from the BP spill.

Oceanographers and others have been monitoring the plumes of oil, gas and dispersant chemicals coming from the broken BP wellhead since soon after the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.An underwater video camera shows the oil gushing from the wellhead on the sea floor, and aerial and ship observations have charted where the spill has drifted on the water's surface.

But the exact location and the extent of oil and other chemicals in the water column have been harder to determine.

The scientists' robotic vehicle would try to figure out how big the plume is, where it is and what it is made of, said Christopher Reddy, director of the Coastal Ocean Institute at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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Lets hope this really works...maybe we can get a Real idea of the damage this crap is causing!