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| 1. Alvin hangar at WHOI's Marine Facility. Sail assembly has already been removed. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 2. Lower starboard fiberglass skins removed, showing internal piping and wiring. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 3. Lifting off upper forebody syntactic foam flotation assembly. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 4. Titanium personnel sphere now becoming visible. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 5. Foam pack clear of the sphere. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 6. Setting foam pack on roller frame to facilitate maintenance. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 7. BLee Williams removing outer headers from electrical through—hull penetrators around starboard observer's viewport. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 8. Change the oil while you're down there!
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| 9. Preparing to lift out the personnel sphere. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 10. Up easy... (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 11. Sphere is free of the support ring. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 12. Setting the sphere down. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 13. Pat Hickey stripping foam cushioning from lower forebody foam block.
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| 14. Dave Olds entering the sphere through the hatch. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 15. Alvin's titanium frame has been completely stripped. Matt Heintz sets up photography gear to document portions of the structure. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 16. Steve Faluotico assembles sphere instrumentation on a mockup of the interior aluminum support frame dubbed "the bird cage". (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 17. Using the bird cage assembly, wire runs and instrument fit are checked prior to reinstallation in the sphere. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
