The cable is temporarily kept afloat by small buoy to facilitate its transport through the underwater pipe that protects it from the surf and takes it into the building. In the future the array can be remotely operated via computer network from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu on Oahu and, in principle, by any of the collaborating universities. The U.S. Navy's Sea Cliff, a manned autonomous deep dive submarine with two manipulator arms. It requires a crew of two and can take one observer. The picture was taken with one of the two video cameras that are located 10 meters above the junction box on the center string.
Floodlights coupled with the camera illuminate the scene.