The research vessel "James COOK"
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.