Doors in the floor, portholes in the ceiling, tables bolted sideways
to walls, stairs leading to nowhere! What kind of a research lab
is this?
Meet
FLIP, a very strange piece of oceanographic equipment used by
scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. FLIP isn't
a ship, even though researchers live and work on it for weeks
at a time while they conduct scientific studies in the open ocean.
FLIP stands for Floating Instrument Platform: it is actually a
huge specialized buoy. One of its creators described it as looking
like a 355-foot long ( 108 m) baseball bat. If that isn't unusual
enough, it really flips!
Doors in the floor, portholes in the ceiling, tables bolted sideways
to walls, stairs leading to nowhere! What kind of a research lab
is this?
Meet
FLIP, a very strange piece of oceanographic equipment used by
scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. FLIP isn't
a ship, even though researchers live and work on it for weeks
at a time while they conduct scientific studies in the open ocean. 
FLIP stands for Floating Instrument Platform: it is actually a
huge specialized buoy. One of its creators described it as looking
like a 355-foot long ( 108 m) baseball bat. If that isn't unusual
enough, 
