mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Larva of decapod crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Trimaran of INSU

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)