Retracing Our Steps: Time-lapse seismic technology update

Imagine that you are the skipper of a motorboat in a waterski-jumping competition. A skier is towed behind your boat at a fixed speed on the run toward a floating ramp. You swing the boat across to the ramp and launch the skier into the air. The skier successfully and gracefully lands far and beyond the ramp, and retains control of the ski rope without getting wet — a perfect 10! Do it three times. How can you be sure that you can put the skier on the same spot every time before you swing away? How can you be sure that the wake will be the same? How can you be sure that you will swing at the right moment? Every little variable affects the distance and landing and, subsequently, the performance. What if there was a technology that duplicated your experience, one that allowed you to replicate the exact conditions? A technology that took you where you went before? The key is repeatability.