Night-time lighting

摘要

Originally designed for external bell lighting, California, USA-based Surfacesupplied's Nordic range of high-intensity LED lighting has found application aboard the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Aquarius Reef Base. The Aquarius habitat is located 60 feet (18 metres) underwater, four miles (6.4 kilometres) offshore the Florida Keys. "It has become a magnificent artificial reef in the twenty years it has been underwater," said Saul Rosser, operations director of Aquarius. "Live video of the habitat and surrounding reef is streamed online in an effort to engage public interest in scientific research in general and Aquarius operations in particular. Unfortunately, power and reliability issues make it difficult to provide sufficient lighting for night-time cameras."