3D render of a pipeline running along the ocean floor into blue water, light shafts falling through the surface above it

Technical & subsea

Underwater diffuser.

Making invisible infrastructure visible. It was built from ocean floor slope data, then revised as the survey picture of the seabed improved.

Source data: Ocean floor slope dataDeliverables: 3D stills, animationUsed in: Community consultation

Challenge

Submerged infrastructure is difficult to photograph in context and inaccessible to most stakeholders, especially while the system is still proposed rather than built.

Solution

3D visualization of the diffuser in its underwater setting, showing placement and function.

Impact

Reviewers see infrastructure that would otherwise stay invisible.

Revised 3D render of the underwater pipe with concrete anchor blocks along its length and an updated diffuser assembly — REVISED PLAN: UPDATED SEABED TOPOGRAPHY, ANCHOR BLOCKS AND DIFFUSERS

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