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

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA