A year from the Antarctic

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Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana

Cnidaires : Leuckaztiara octona (crédit photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

The research vessel "James COOK"

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Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

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Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.

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

Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

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The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.

Remote-controlled sailboat

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Stickers & Goodies

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Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)