Saildrone Captures Incredible Video

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A California-based company Saildrone and the National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released video footage gathered

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by a Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) from inside Hurricane 

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Fiona, a Category 4 hurricane barreling across the Atlantic Ocean. On 

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Thursday, Saildrone Explorer SD 1078 was directed into the midst of 

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Hurricane Fiona, which is currently on a path northward in the Atlantic 

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Ocean and is now impacting Bermuda before crashing into Canada this 

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weekend. Hurricane Fiona is the first Category storm of the 2022 season.

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The ocean drone battled 50-foot waves and winds measuring over 100 mph 

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(160 km/h) to collect critical scientific data and, in the process, gave us a 

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completely new view of one of Earth’s most destructive forces. Inside the 

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storm, SD 1078 traveled at sustained speeds of over 9 mph (14 km/h). 

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At one moment, it reached a peak speed of 39.7 mph (64 km/h) while 

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surfing down a massive wave. SD 1078 is one of seven “hurricane” 

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saildrones deployed in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this hurricane

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 season to gather data that will help forecasters better 

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understand the physical processes of hurricanes.