A friend of mine reported today that she successfully deployed a Monterey Bay surveillance system:

A new camera will spy on sea creatures at the bottom of the Monterey Bay south of San Francisco starting Wednesday, if all goes as planned on the boat trip to install the Eye-in-the-Sea.

Congrats!

This is part of the research on bioluminescence that seems to be funded by the US military. Why the military? Covert operations are very difficult to hide when they give off bioluminescent traces — easy to use simple technology to spot even the most sophisticated navy commandos. Aside from the inquiry for security, I am sure there are scientific reasons for the study.

A Flickr stream has already been started with photos from the research boat.