The bait deployment system on the Eye-in-the-Sea, known as the
CLAM (Cannibalized Ladder Alignment Mechanism), is closed before
it is recovered from the bottom.
Image ID: expl0465, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: Gulf of Mexico Photo Date: 2005 August 31 Photographer: Justin Marshall Credit: Operation Deep Scope 2005 Expedition: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration