Scientists test cutting-edge technology for underwater mapping at Tahoe basin
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 09:56
in Earth & Climate
A borrowed boat, a small mountain lake and the inaugural run of a half-a-million dollar state-of-the-art multi-beam sonar system made history this month with the successful high-definition mapping of the bottom of Fallen Leaf Lake, a tributary lake just upstream from Lake Tahoe.