Contest

The Best of Teledyne Marine’s 2025 Photo & Data Contest

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:59:30 GMT

Teledyne Marine is delighted to announce the winners of its 2025 Photo & Data Contest, celebrating the creativity and technical excellence of customers using Teledyne instruments. Storms, gliders, lost excavators, and even a seaweed farm at sunrise —the winning entries showcase striking marine projects from around the world, highlighting the diverse environments and applications where Teledyne technology is at work capturing the data that shapes rivers, ports, coastlines, and offshore science.

After reviewing all qualifying entries, Teledyne Marine is pleased to reveal the winners across five categories, along with an honourable mention. The winning entries reflect both the operational reality of marine field work and scientific innovation.

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2021 Photo/Data Contest Winners Announced

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:09:31 GMT

Our 2021 Photo/ Data Contest has concluded with over 80 qualified submissions. Thank you to everyone who participated by submitting your amazing photos and data, sharing them, and/or voting for your favorites!

We always look forward to this annual contest to see what our customers have been up to, and as usual, this year did not disappoint. Without further ado, this year’s winners are…

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Teledyne Marine Photo Contest 2020

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:33:38 GMT

Our 2020 Photo/ Data Contest has concluded with over 80 qualified submissions that helped us to donate over $1200 to Save the Children as part of our charitable giving campaign. These funds will be used to aid children around the world during what can only be called – a very challenging year. Thank you to everyone who participated by submitting your amazing photos and data, sharing them, or just voting for your favorites!

We always look forward to this annual contest to see what our customers have been up to, and as usual, this year did not disappoint. Without further ado, this year's winners are…

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Photo Contest 2019 Winners

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:34:47 GMT

Our 2019 Photo Contest did not disappoint! We received over 70 amazing photos showing our customers hard at work using Teledyne Marine products in some amazing, whacky and wonderful ways. A great opportunity to help raise awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oeans from the office, laboratory and at sea!

Thank you to all of this year's entrants.

Teledyne Marine Photo Contest 2018

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:30:19 GMT

All Teledyne Marine customers and product users are invited to submit their favorite photos showing any of Teledyne Marine’s over 400 products in action in their office, laboratory or deployed in the field.

Teledyne Marine Photo contest 2017

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:46:54 GMT

Teledyne Marine would like to thank everyone that participated in our Photo Competition this year. To those that submitted entries and those that voted for their favorites, your input has been invaluable and we are grateful for your involvement and continued support.
We look forward to launching our competition again next year.

This years' winners, honorable mentions and selected brand favorites are all presented in this video.

Our top winners were selected via your online votes. From the 5 photos that received the highest number of votes, our team selected the following winners.

Wreck minesweeper Delfin

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:44:06 GMT

Where was the image taken / the data collected ?: Baltic Gulf of Puck

When was image taken / the data collected ? : 2015-06-23

Which Teledyne Equipment is used ?: mbes 7125

Which processing software was used ? -Only data images and videos: QPS Qloud and Fledermaus

Tell us more about the survey and the data proccessing - Only data images and videos: Depth site is about 20 meters, wreck is used as calibration point for mbes systems

Teledyne Marine Photo & Video Contest 2016 - Data videos

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:47:00 GMT

We asked for your field photos, video, and data – and you came through with some amazing imagery! Our contest resulted in over 70 fantastic images, video and data sets that make us proud to be Teledyne! It’s truly rewarding to see the many fun, interesting, and fascinating ways that you use our products in the field every day to increase the world’s understanding of our oceans, coastlines, ports, and waterways.

Teledyne Marine Photo Video Contest 2016 - Field videos

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:46:56 GMT

Real-Time cabled ADCP frame recovery from the EMEC tidal energy test site in...

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Here we see a timelapse recording of the recovery of a fixed ADCP frame made for the Teledyne RDI Workhorse Monitor ADCP.
The vessel, C-Chariot, is kept on site using a dynamic 4-point mooring system allowing the vessel to position itself exactly where is required using the winches to alter the vessels position. A drop camera gave vision of the frame on the sea bed 35m below and also as it was lifted, with the vessel keeping station right through the tidal cycle with speeds up to 8 knots.

Walking on bottom

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Small Loggerhead Approaches the ROV on the bottom. This is part of an on-going investigation of in-water behavior for mitigating fisheries interaction.

St Mary's

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Arc Surveying & Mapping Bridge Survey - 3D AutoCAD or MicroStation (Information Management System) model performed utilizing a Teldyne Reson 7125 multibeam swath system, a Teledyne-Blueview sonar scanner and a vessel mounted terrestrial laser scanner.

Where was the image taken / the data collected ?: St. Mary's River, Florida, Georgia Line

When was image taken / the data collected ? : September 2015

Which Teledyne Equipment is used ?: Teldyne Reson 7125 multibeam swath system and a Teledyne-Blueview sonar scanner

Which processing software was used ? -Only data images and videos: 3D AutoCAD or MicroStation

Tell us more about the survey and the data proccessing - Only data images and videos: Arc Surveying & Mapping Bridge Survey - 3D AutoCAD or MicroStation (Information Management System) model performed utilizing a Teldyne Reson 7125 multibeam swath system, a Teledyne-Blueview sonar scanner and a vessel mounted terrestrial laser scanner.

Material Service Barge

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

The Material Service Barge. Sank in 1936 in a storm in Lake Michigan. Collins Engineers, Inc. provided 3-D imaging services to Indiana Department of Natural Resources: Coastal Protection Program to get a better understanding of wreck's position and condition on the lake bottom

Additional Information

Where was the image taken / the data collected ?: East of Calumet Harbor in the Indiana waters of Lake Michigan

When was image taken / the data collected ? : Spring 2015

Which Teledyne Equipment is used ?: Teledyne Blueview MB1350-45

Which processing software was used ?: Proscan, Hypack, and Cyclone

Tell us more about the survey and the data proccessing? - Mobile data was collected using a Blueview MB1350-45 and Hypack. Interior and under stern data was collected with diver assisted tripod placement with Blueview MB1350-45 and Proscan software.

Bahamas

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

3D AutoCAD or MicroStation (Information Management System) model performed utilizing a Teledyne Reson 7125 multibeam swath system and a vessel mounted terrestrial laser scanner.

Where was the image taken / the data collected ?: Freeport Bahamas Island, Bahamas

When was image taken / the data collected ? : January 2016

Which Teledyne Equipment is used ?: Teledyne Reson 7125 multibeam swath system

Which processing software was used ? -Only data images and videos: 3D AutoCAD or MicroStation

Tell us more about the survey and the data proccessing - Only data images and videos: 3D AutoCAD or MicroStation (Information Management System) model performed utilizing a Teledyne Reson 7125 multibeam swath system and a vessel mounted terrestrial laser scanner.

ResonT20 installed on survey rib

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

Infomar survey rib with the Reson T20 bow installation, on transit to survey area

Discharge measurements in fish passage

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 02:00:00 GMT

In the river Mosel, a hydroelectric plant is situated near the city of Koblenz. Alongside the plant, a fish passage is present. The presence of the fish passage results in an extra channel through which river discharge can be transported. The Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW) has requested Aqua Vision to quantify the discharges in the fish passage and in the channels connected to the fish passage. In July 2015 and March 2016, Aqua Vision has deployed three horizontal ADCPs over a three day period at fixed locations in the fish passage. A large number of calibration transects have carried out by use of two StreamPro ADCPs.

Suspended sediment over Mississippi sand-dune

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:55:30 GMT

Whats seen:
Large plumes of suspended sediment entrained from the bed by turbulence advecting with flow over the lee-side of an alluvial sand-dune. Data were collected from a boat moored at a point at a 10Hz ping repetition frequency, at 400kHz and with the swath parallel with streamwise flow.

About the Data survey:
Pioneering work carried out by Dr Steve Simmons (Hull), Prof Dan Parsons (Hull) & Prof Jim Best (Illinois) using multibeam backscatter data to measure suspended sediment concentrations and flow velocities across a two-dimensional area in the field for the first time.

Where:
Confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi near St Louis, USA.

SS Richard Montgomery by MMT

Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:00:22 GMT

Whats seen:
The full wreck structure. Laser scanning data collected the masts above the water.

About the data survey:
The SS Richard Montgomery is a WW2 liberty ship with 1,400 tonnes of explosives still on board. The survey was performed for the Receiver of Wrecks, part of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency in the UK. The survey is performed annually to check the wreck condition. Visibility in the water is zero which is why multibeam sonar is used and not a diver visual survey. More information on the wreck can be found here http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/mcga07-home/emergencyresponse/mcga-receiverofwreck/mcga-ssrichardmontgomer...

Where:
At the mouth of the River Medway where it meets the River Thames in England.

Sonar Used: SeaBat 7125

The sunken wreck of the 'Jan Heweliusz'

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:38:35 GMT

The video shows the finding of the ferry Jan Heweliusz which sunk in a hurricane in 1993. The Ship lies on the bottom of the Baltic Sea under 27 meters of water.
In the video we are witnessing the survey through the SeaBat user interface from the first sighting of the bow to the Images processing.

Sonar used: Reson SeaBat 7125 SV2 FP3400 kHz - FM

Wreck Survey In 600m Of Water

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:06:43 GMT

The video shows a WWI merchant vessel sunk using charges after surrendering to a German U-Boat. The bow separated from the vessel during its 600m decent to the seabed and lies half a kilometre away. No lives were lost.The video shows the 90m long main and stern section of the hull with a fishing net draped over the port side.

The survey was carried out using a 4 ton negatively buoyant platform usually used as a grab for cargo removal. The platform was equipped with a Reson 8125, CDL MiniPOSNAV3 inertial navigation system and Tritech Bathy suite and was tracked from the surface using an IXSEA GAPS USBL.The platform was suspended through the moonpool at 590m depth and survey lines were run around the wreck. The data shows a small heave artefact. This is due to the platform being directly connected to the surface vessel and suffering the same heave. The data quality was excellent so only a small amount of point removal was needed. The xyz file was then displayed in Cloud Compare and lighting applied to enhance the detail.

Sonar used: RESON SeaBAt 8125 with 1500m rated head.

Reson 7125 SV2 Wreck investigation

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:15:03 GMT

The video shows the wreck Faros located in "Tanis Bay". Link to a danish site containing pictures of the wreck: http://www.vragguiden.dk/wreck.asp?id=4113

The wreck was invastigated as a part of the Danish Hydrographic Office's general survey in the "Tanis Bay" area. The initial processing was made primarily using inhouse developed software. The movie was made using Fledermaus.

Sonar used: 7125 SV2 400kHz

SS Leslie aka The Carol Lee Wreck

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:36:52 GMT

SS Leslie The SS Leslie was built in 1919 in Duluth, Michigan, as the Lake Flagstaff. She later sailed under the names Stella Lykes and Josephine, before being renamed Leslie. She was 251 feet long, had a 44 foot beam and displaced 2,609 gross tons. The Leslie was owned by Worth Steamship Company of New York and was under the command of Captain Albert Ericksson. On April 12, 1942, she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-123. At the time she was en route from Antilla, Cuba, to New York with a cargo of 3,300 tons of sugar. Out of a complement of 31 crew and one passenger, four of her crew were lost.Today the Leslie wreck sits in 80 feet of water, 21 miles off Port Canaveral.

The wreck was surveyed in two passes and processed with PDS2000 grid model editor. It was surveyed with Land and Sea's research vessel " The Beast" a 40 foot Sea Ark. We used a Knogsberg MRU 5 motion sensor,an ADU5 Magellan heading device and a magellan RTK sub centimeter GPS system.

Sonar Used: SeaBat 7125

The Dutch Wreck

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:31:45 GMT

"Dutch Wreck" -- Steamship Laertes The Dutch steamship Laertes was built in 1919 by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company, Hong Kong. Owned by Nederland Stoomy, she was 423.9 feet long, had a 52.3 foot beam, displaced 5,825 tons and was pushed by a single screw triple expansion engine. The Laertes was powered by a 413 nhp triple expansion engine and had a top speed of 13.5 knots.On May 3, 1942, the Laertes was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Some say it was the work of the U-564, while others claim it was the U-109. At the time she was on a voyage from New York to Bombay, with a 5,230 ton cargo of war supplies, including three aircraft, 17 tanks and 20 trucks. A total of 18 of her crew went down with her.

Today the Laerte's scattered wreckage sits in 72 feet of water eleven miles off Port Canaveral. This wreck is also locally known as the Dutch WreckThe data was processedusing the grid model editor in Teledyne PDS

Sonar Used: SeaBat 7125

SeaBat 7125-SV2 tracking exposed pipeline in SeaBat UI

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:54:48 GMT

New SeaBat 7125-SV2 User Interface, wedge display with history turned on, tracking an exposed pipe with noticeable free span on a slope. At the end, start playing with Flex Mode.

Offshore Reef Multibeam Survey

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:16:12 GMT

Offshore reef in +/- 30 feet of water

Data was collected using Teledyne PDS with the RESON Seabat 7125 mounted on "THE BEAST", Land & Sea Surveying's 40 foot research and survey vessel.