Underwater Explorers

Forbidden Territory

(Image credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP))

Diver prepares to enter a shark cage.

Examining the Sea floor

(Image credit: Wells/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP))

Diver deploys respiration bubbles over coral heads.

Strange Substance

(Image credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP))

Dye released to trace near bottom flow over a coral reef ecosystem.

Into the Depths of the Sea

(Image credit: W. Busch/OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP))

Diver descends through giant kelp bed.

staff