mon océan & moi

Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 -  Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni