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Underwater Explorers

S. Dollar/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); Univ. of Hawaii

Working below the Surface

Divers transport a benthic chamber used to measure productivity and respiration. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

What Lies Beneath

Divers use a suction sampler to collect animals living in the sand under the sea. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Weather or Not

Coring into a coral reef to discover clues to past climate changes. Click to enlarge.
Reese/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Check Point

Diver counts of reef fish. Click to enlarge.
Kalie Tsapis / NOAA: National Marine Sanctuaries

Swim Buddies

A sanctuary research coordinator and juvenile manta ray swim side-by-side in the ocean. Click to enlarge.
Reese/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Gotcha!

Captured reef fish are tagged and released. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Traveling in Packs

Diver observes school of jacks patrolling the reef. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

A New Perspective

French angelfish looks larger than observing diver. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Cruising the Deep Waters

Bubbles frame diver cruising a coral reef. Click to enlarge.
Beardsley/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Deep Dive

Snorkeler retrieves ghost traps from the grip of a submersible. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Ocean Treasures

Diver carries samples to the surface. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Forbidden Territory

Diver prepares to enter a shark cage. Click to enlarge.
Wells/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Examining the Sea floor

Diver deploys respiration bubbles over coral heads. Click to enlarge.
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Strange Substance

Dye released to trace near bottom flow over a coral reef ecosystem. Click to enlarge.
W. Busch/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)

Into the Depths of the Sea

Diver descends through giant kelp bed. Click to enlarge.