Erik Carlson deploying Motus kite off Block Island RI

A person wearing a red shirt, black flotation vest and tan cap holds a yellow, red and orange kite aloft while standing in the bow of a boat
Photo By/Credit
Pam Loring/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
08/31/2021
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Erik Carlson, a PhD student studying astrophysics at the University of Rhode Island, preparing to launch a kite equipped with a radio transmitter and antenna — visible on top of the kite.
Subject tags
Energy
Radio telemetry