{"id":1058,"date":"2018-07-20T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/?page_id=1058"},"modified":"2021-10-06T21:05:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T01:05:39","slug":"seaching-for-the-lost-8th-wonder-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/remus-100-projects\/seaching-for-the-lost-8th-wonder-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaching for the Lost 8th Wonder of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<h1>Seaching for the Lost 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Wonder of the World<\/h1>\n<p>Two Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, WHOI, REMUS-100 AUVs were used in February 2011 to search, map and classify the lake-floor of Lake Rotomahana (New Zealand) in hopes of locating the lost eighth wonder of the world, the Pink and White Terraces.\u00a0 The two vehicles known as\u00a0<em>Darter<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Gudgeon\u00a0<\/em>(named after WW II submarines) were modified and outfitted with a unique suite of sensors to most efficiently and effectively characterize the lake&#8217;s water properties as well as physical features.<\/p>\n<p>Primary objectives for the WHOI-supplied instrumentation were to collect high-resolution bathymetric and side-scan sonar data of the lake bed with correlative water properties information including pH, Eh, temperature and turbidity, and 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer data.\u00a0 For the lake surveys, the REMUS 100 AUVs were fitted with mounting brackets to accept NOAA-PMEL ORP-MAPR sensors, to aid in characterizing the water properties and localizing any sources of hydrothermal activity.\u00a0 In addition, the REMUS AUVs were modified to accept SBE pH sensors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/Pink-White_700_127978_223693.jpeg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/Pink-White_700_127978_223693.jpeg\" alt=\"Painting of pink terraces\" height=\"443\" width=\"700\" title=\"Pink-&amp;amp;-White_700_127978_223693\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tPainting of the Pink Terraces prior to 1886.\n(Painting courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library)\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/lake-rotomahana-geology_en_223597.jpeg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/lake-rotomahana-geology_en_223597.jpeg\" alt=\"Lake Rotomahana Pre and Post eruption extent in New Zealand.\" height=\"546\" width=\"700\" title=\"lake-rotomahana-geology_en_223597\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tLake Rotomahana Pre and Post eruption extent in New Zealand.  Two REMUS-100s were used to survey and find remnants of the Pink and White Terraces known at the time to be the 8th Wonder of the World. (NZ)\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/pink-terrace-amy_en_223714.jpeg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/pink-terrace-amy_en_223714.jpeg\" alt=\"Launching Remus\" height=\"451\" width=\"700\" title=\"pink-terrace-amy_en_223714\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tLaunching a REMUS-100 from a small boat in Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand.  Two vehicles were searching for the lost 8th wonder of the world. (NZ, GNS\n\t<h3>Related Links and File<\/h3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/07\/Pink-White_callout_223653.jpeg\" alt=\"pink terrace\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/main\/news-releases\/2011?tid=3622&amp;cid=89648\">Scientists Find Part of New Zealand&#8217;s Submerged &#8220;Pink Terraces&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nWHOI News Release\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seaching for the Lost 8th\u00a0Wonder of the World Two Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, WHOI, REMUS-100 AUVs were used in February 2011 to search, map and classify the lake-floor of Lake Rotomahana (New Zealand) in hopes of locating the lost eighth wonder of the world, the Pink and White Terraces.\u00a0 The two vehicles known as\u00a0Darter\u00a0and\u00a0Gudgeon\u00a0(named after WW&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1012,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1058\/revisions\/1353"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/osl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}