mon océan & moi

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)