Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
