Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Stickers & Goodies

The research vessel "James COOK"

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor