mon océan & moi

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

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

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)