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Aerial Expedition
October 2016

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  • Aerial Expedition visual survey crew in surveying position (side)
    Aerial Expedition visual survey crew in surveying position (side)
  • Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
    Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
  • Aerial Expedition mission patch
    Aerial Expedition mission patch
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Ocean Force One
    Ocean Force One
  • Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
    Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
  • Visual survey cockpit crew on the Aerial Expedition with Julia Reisser, Oceanographer, on the right
    Visual survey cockpit crew on the Aerial Expedition with Julia Reisser, Oceanographer, on the right
  • Aerial expedition briefing by Julia Reisser, Oceanographer
    Aerial expedition briefing by Julia Reisser, Oceanographer
  • Sensor equipment; a CZMIL system which uses LiDAR to create a 3D-image of the ghost nets (left), and a SASI hyperspectral SWIR imaging system, which uses an infrared camera to detect ocean plastic (right).
    Sensor equipment; a CZMIL system which uses LiDAR to create a 3D-image of the ghost nets (left), and a SASI hyperspectral SWIR imaging system, which uses an infrared camera to detect ocean plastic (right).
  • Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
    Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
  • Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
    Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
  • Ocean Force One arriving at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One arriving at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, California
  • Ocean Force One
    Ocean Force One
  • Ocean Force One tail sticker (close up)
    Ocean Force One tail sticker (close up)
  • Boyan Slat in front of Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat in front of Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • A selection of large objects observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
    A selection of large objects observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
  • The Ocean Cleanup Aerial Expedition crew
    The Ocean Cleanup Aerial Expedition crew
  • Aerial view of a ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Ocean debris concentration as observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
    Ocean debris concentration as observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
  • Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
    Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
  • The Ocean Cleanup team and Aerial Expedition crew
    The Ocean Cleanup team and Aerial Expedition crew
  • Multiple debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, spotted during Aerial Expedition flight number 1 by Chandra Salgado Kent from port side of Ocean Force One
    Multiple debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, spotted during Aerial Expedition flight number 1 by Chandra Salgado Kent from port side of Ocean Force One
  • Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California

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  • Aerial Expedition Various Footage
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  • Aerial Expedition Press Conference at Mofett Airfield
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