Ocean Sampling Day: Image and Video Gallery: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

Image and Video Gallery

This page contains photos and videos associated with Ocean Sampling Day. Click on any image or video to view a larger version and for additional information.

Student Questions

We asked students a few questions about ocean microbes. This is what they had to say.

Microbial Mats

Microbial mats coated in white sulfate material were observed and sampled at several vent sites at West Mata in 2009.

Curing Microbes

Sheryl Bolton cultures microbes in the lab aboard the research vessel (R/V) Melville.

Filtering Seawater at Scripps

Scripps, La Jolla, California: Filtering seawater to collect marine microbes on special filters.

Checking Samples at Scripps

Scripps, La Jolla, California: Kelly Goodwin (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory).

Filtering Water at Oxford Lab

Oxford Lab, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland: Shawn McLaughlin filtering water to collect marine microbes.

Recording Data at Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay site, Delaware: Lonnie Gonsalves preparing to take environmental data at the water sampling site.

Recording Data at Charleston Harbor

Charleston Harbor site, Charleston, South Carolina: Taking environmental data.

Recording Data at Sequim Bay

Sequim Bay site, Seattle, Washington: Instrument used to take environmental data.

Collecting Water at Ala Wai

Ala Wai site, Hawaii: Tiani Naholowaa collecting water at the site.

Collecting Data at Maunalua Bay

Maunalua Bay site, Hawaii: Jon Martinez collecting environmental data at the site.

Collecting Samples at North Inlet

North Inlet site, Charleston, South Carolina: Michael Fulton collecting samples.

Transporting Samples

North Inlet site, Charleston, South Carolina: Coolers ready to be used for transporting refrigerated samples from the site to the lab.

Bay View

A view of a bay.

Archaea

Electronic image of Archaea (Prokaryotes) which is one of the oldest form of life on Earth.

2013 Pilot Sampling

Dr. John Jacobs (NCCOS NOS) sampling the Chesapeake Bay site during the OSD summer 2013 pilot project.

Helping you: increase awareness of OSD; understanding how you might become more involved; and exploring more of our little known, mostly unseen ocean world.

What Can You Do?

Helping you: increase awareness of OSD; understanding how you might become more involved, etc.

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