Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

Post doctoral researcher, Ashley Rossin, hangs off the back of a small white research boat. She is looking for coral gametes using a thick underwater flashlight. She wears a fluorescent pink skin-suit and a Yamaha engine is on her right. The Miami skyline is light up by the sunset in the background.
Post doctoral researcher, Ashley Rossin, hangs off the back of a small white research boat. She is looking for coral gametes using a thick underwater flashlight. She wears a fluorescent pink skin-suit and a Yamaha engine is on her right. The Miami skyline is light up by the sunset in the background.

AOML Take Action Photography Competition

Architectural rendering of the AOML building with gold letters overlaid that say 50 years of Groundbreaking Research
Architectural rendering of the AOML building with gold letters overlaid that say 50 years of Groundbreaking Research

Celebrating 50 Years of AOML

eAUV post-deployment. Photo Credit: NOAA.
eAUV post-deployment. Photo Credit: NOAA.

NOAA Collaborates with Partners to Test Unmanned Underwater Vehicles which Record Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie

Closeup of a CTD instrument. Photo Credit: NOAA.
Closeup of a CTD instrument. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Water Quality Research for the South Florida Program Continues with Coast-Wide Testing Cruise

Alyssa and Austin at Sunset. Photo Credit Kelly Montero, NOAA.
Alyssa and Austin at Sunset. Photo Credit Kelly Montero, NOAA.

AOML Researchers Participate in South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Cruise

Cruise team board aboard the Ronald H. Brown. Photo Credit: NOAA.
Cruise team board aboard the Ronald H. Brown. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Live Science Update: Behind the Scenes

Different shades of blue ocean on IO7. Photo Credit: NOAA.
Different shades of blue ocean on IO7. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Live Science Update: The Biome Beneath the Surface

A beautiful sunrise I got to see while waiting for my turn at the rosette. Photo Credit: NOAA.
A beautiful sunrise I got to see while waiting for my turn at the rosette. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Live Science Update: I07N 101- Intro to Oceanography

A full view of instruments attached to the platform. The LADCPs are the yellow instruments and the battery pack is the large cylinder sitting in front of the downlooker LADCP. Photo Credit: NOAA.
A full view of instruments attached to the platform. The LADCPs are the yellow instruments and the battery pack is the large cylinder sitting in front of the downlooker LADCP. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Live Science Update: Acoustic Measurements Determine Water Column Dynamics with LADCP Technology

View from the botanical gardens in Victoria. Photo Credit: NOAA.
View from the botanical gardens in Victoria. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Live Science Update: Port of Seychelles- A Break from Operations

ANGARI VR Film to Premiere at NOAA. Photo Credit: ANGARI.
ANGARI VR Film to Premiere at NOAA. Photo Credit: ANGARI.

Premiere of New VR Film, Generation Ocean: Coral Reefs Coming to NOAA’s Open House

R/V MIARI. Photo Credit: JAMSTEC.
R/V MIARI. Photo Credit: JAMSTEC.

Live Science Update: International Collaboration at Sea

How does the ocean move, and how can you tell? Katey Williams aboard the GO-SHIP I07 Cruise is tracking Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) through gas chromatography to study how water masses migrate through the ocean. Find out more on the GO-SHIP I07N Blog.
How does the ocean move, and how can you tell? Katey Williams aboard the GO-SHIP I07 Cruise is tracking Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) through gas chromatography to study how water masses migrate through the ocean. Find out more on the GO-SHIP I07N Blog.

Live Science Update: CFCs, Unintentional Ocean Tracers

CTD Descending, Photo Credit NOAA
CTD Descending, Photo Credit NOAA

Live Science Update: A Peek into the Life of a CTD Watch Stander

Surface drifter being deployed. Image credit: NOAA
Surface drifter being deployed. Image credit: NOAA

Drifters to Help Recover Lost Aircraft

Pete Mangelsdorf of Raytheon, Kelly Ryan and Joe Cione of NOAA/AOML accepting the Laureate Award. Image credit: NOAA
Pete Mangelsdorf of Raytheon, Kelly Ryan and Joe Cione of NOAA/AOML accepting the Laureate Award. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA & Raytheon Team Honored with Aviation Week Magazine’s Laureate Award

Following a buoyancy lesson, the kids were tasked with building their own buoy. The winning buoy held more than 33 golf balls! Image credit: NOAA
Following a buoyancy lesson, the kids were tasked with building their own buoy. The winning buoy held more than 33 golf balls! Image credit: NOAA

AOML Hosts Take Your Child to Work Day 2018

Plankton samples collected in a successful plankton tow. Image credit: NOAA
Plankton samples collected in a successful plankton tow. Image credit: NOAA

New Year, Continued Restoration and Monitoring

Panel of experts, from left to right: Laura Bracken, Dr. Rolando Santos Corujo, Dr. Chris Kelble, Dr. Tiffany Troxler, Matthew Smith and Xavier Cortada. Image credit: NOAA
Panel of experts, from left to right: Laura Bracken, Dr. Rolando Santos Corujo, Dr. Chris Kelble, Dr. Tiffany Troxler, Matthew Smith and Xavier Cortada. Image credit: NOAA

Changing Waters

Scientists deploying the CTD. Image credit: NOAA
Scientists deploying the CTD. Image credit: NOAA

South Florida Coastal Ecosystem Surveys Post Hurricane Irma

Inside the eye of Irma on P3 Orion aircraft. This is referred to as the “stadium effect”. Image credit: NOAA
Inside the eye of Irma on P3 Orion aircraft. This is referred to as the “stadium effect”. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA Hurricane Hunters Fly Harvey & Irma

Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Homestead, Florida, on August 24, 1992, with sustained wind speeds maxing out at 165 mph. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the storm, still one of the most catastrophic and costliest hurricanes in US History.
Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Homestead, Florida, on August 24, 1992, with sustained wind speeds maxing out at 165 mph. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the storm, still one of the most catastrophic and costliest hurricanes in US History.

25th Anniversary of Hurricane Andrew

The GOMECC-3 science team. Image credit: NOAA
The GOMECC-3 science team. Image credit: NOAA

GOMECC-3 Cruise

Oceanographer Claudia Schmid captures the solar eclipse from AOML. Image credit: NOAA
Oceanographer Claudia Schmid captures the solar eclipse from AOML. Image credit: NOAA

2017 Solar Eclipse

Group photo of the IMPACT students and mentors. Image credit: NOAA
Group photo of the IMPACT students and mentors. Image credit: NOAA

Frost Science IMPACT Summer Camp

Dr. Atlas presents Gladys with a gift. Image credit: NOAA
Dr. Atlas presents Gladys with a gift. Image credit: NOAA

Congratulations Gladys, We Will Miss You!

Sang-Ki Lee accepts his award. Image credit: NOAA
Sang-Ki Lee accepts his award. Image credit: NOAA

52nd Annual Federal Employee of the Year Award Program

AOML Scientists teaching visitors about hurricane data collection. Image credit: NOAA
AOML Scientists teaching visitors about hurricane data collection. Image credit: NOAA

2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour

The ABIISS prototype successfully recovered after 18 months nearly three miles down on the bottom of the ocean. Image credit: NOAA
The ABIISS prototype successfully recovered after 18 months nearly three miles down on the bottom of the ocean. Image credit: NOAA

2017 May Western Boundary Time Series Cruise

An eAUV is deployed during April 2017 CalCOFI cruise. Image credit: NOAA
An eAUV is deployed during April 2017 CalCOFI cruise. Image credit: NOAA

CalCOFI Cruise Aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada

Many scientists are needed to launch an ozonesonde. Image credit: NOAA
Many scientists are needed to launch an ozonesonde. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Cruise

Underwater Glider. Image credit: NOAA
Underwater Glider. Image credit: NOAA

Hurricane-Gliders Explore Atmospheric and Oceanic Interactions

Child watches wave tank in action during take your child to work day. Photo Credit: NOAA AOML.
Child watches wave tank in action during take your child to work day. Photo Credit: NOAA AOML.

NOAA AOML Hosts Take Your Child to Work Day

Side of the P3 decorations. Photo Credit: NOAA AOML.
Side of the P3 decorations. Photo Credit: NOAA AOML.

NOAA Hurricane Hunters Fly into Hurricane Matthew

NOAA AOML will play host to a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) on September 22, 2016 from 1:00-3:00pm EST. Frank Marks, Sc.D., Director of the Hurricane Research Division at AOML, and P-3 hurricane hunter pilot Commander Justin Kibbey of the NOAA Corps will answer questions.
NOAA AOML will play host to a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) on September 22, 2016 from 1:00-3:00pm EST. Frank Marks, Sc.D., Director of the Hurricane Research Division at AOML, and P-3 hurricane hunter pilot Commander Justin Kibbey of the NOAA Corps will answer questions.

Images Referenced During Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA)

Sunrise from the flying lab, tropical storm Hermine. Photo Credit: NOAA AOML.
Sunrise from the flying lab, tropical storm Hermine. Photo Credit: NOAA AOML.

NOAA Hurricane Hunters Fly into Tropical Storm Hermine

Lights in Puerto Rico. Image credit: NOAA
Lights in Puerto Rico. Image credit: NOAA

Puerto Rico Underwater Glider Mission 2016

View from the Walton Smith on the water. Image credit: NOAA
View from the Walton Smith on the water. Image credit: NOAA

F.G. Walton Smith Florida Straits Cruise

scientist casting green net over still water from the keel of a boat in the Florida Bay for the Juvenile Sportfish Research Project.
scientist casting green net over still water from the keel of a boat in the Florida Bay for the Juvenile Sportfish Research Project.

Juvenile Sportfish Monitoring in the Florida Bay

Underwater glider being recovered in the Caribbean Sea. Image Credit: NOAA
Underwater glider being recovered in the Caribbean Sea. Image Credit: NOAA

AOML Scientists Conclude Fourth Underwater Glider Mission

The Coyote UAS on the field at Marlins Park for CBS4's S.T.E.A.M. Day. Image credit: NOAA
The Coyote UAS on the field at Marlins Park for CBS4's S.T.E.A.M. Day. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Participates in CBS4 Miami’s S.T.E.A.M. Day

Scientists working aboard the Nancy Foster research ship. Image credit: NOAA
Scientists working aboard the Nancy Foster research ship. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA Nancy Foster Research Cruise

The R/V Roger Revelle docked in Fremantle, Australia prior to the GO-SHIP cruise. Image credit: NOAA
The R/V Roger Revelle docked in Fremantle, Australia prior to the GO-SHIP cruise. Image credit: NOAA

Go-Ship Indian Ocean Cruise

The glider deployment team including AOML's Grant Rawson (second from right). Image credit: NOAA
The glider deployment team including AOML's Grant Rawson (second from right). Image credit: NOAA

Underwater Gliders Begin Fourth Mission

NOAA Deputy Administrator VADM Manson Brown took a tour of AOML and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center on March 15th to learn about current research and addressed staff during a town hall session. Image Credit: NOAA
NOAA Deputy Administrator VADM Manson Brown took a tour of AOML and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center on March 15th to learn about current research and addressed staff during a town hall session. Image Credit: NOAA

Deputy NOAA Administrator Vice Admiral Manson Brown Visits AOML

Students from Miami's Booker T. Washington High School participate in STEM activities directed by researchers at NOAA's AOML for My Brother's Keeper National Labs Week. Image credit: NOAA
Students from Miami's Booker T. Washington High School participate in STEM activities directed by researchers at NOAA's AOML for My Brother's Keeper National Labs Week. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Engages Local Students in STEM Activities for National Labs Week

Healthy coral and reef fish along the dive site. Image credit: NOAA
Healthy coral and reef fish along the dive site. Image credit: NOAA

Coral Scientists Replace Instrumentation for Ongoing Coral Bleaching Study

El Niño Rapid Response project members, including AOML's Jason Dunion (back, middle) at the Global Hawk Operations Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Image credit: NOAA
El Niño Rapid Response project members, including AOML's Jason Dunion (back, middle) at the Global Hawk Operations Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Participates in El Niño Rapid Response Campaign

Image taken off the stern of the UNOLS R/V Endeavor as the vessel is underway. Image credit: NOAA
Image taken off the stern of the UNOLS R/V Endeavor as the vessel is underway. Image credit: NOAA

February 2016 Western Boundary Time Series Cruise

Students watch as their ocean drifters are tested for buoyancy and ability to hold a payload. Image credit: NOAA
Students watch as their ocean drifters are tested for buoyancy and ability to hold a payload. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Hosts Young Scientists on Take Your Child To Work Day

An image of the successfully retrieved glider, including puncture marks from an encounter with a shark. Image credit: NOAA
An image of the successfully retrieved glider, including puncture marks from an encounter with a shark. Image credit: NOAA

Underwater Gliders Retrieved After Successful Third Mission

AOML scientists work with members of the ships' crew to recover the CTD rosette at the end of a 3 hour hydrographic cast. Image credit: NOAA
AOML scientists work with members of the ships' crew to recover the CTD rosette at the end of a 3 hour hydrographic cast. Image credit: NOAA

October 2015 Western Boundary Time Series Cruise

Collecting Data at Cheeca Rocks
Collecting Data at Cheeca Rocks

Coral Team Conducts Monitoring Activities at Cheeca Rocks

AOML oceanographer Andy Stefanick deploys the dropsonde at one of the stations during the 100th successful dropsonde cruise on October 15, 2015.
AOML oceanographer Andy Stefanick deploys the dropsonde at one of the stations during the 100th successful dropsonde cruise on October 15, 2015.

100th Successful Dropsonde Cruise for the Western Boundary Time Series Project

Scientists from FAU and AOML collect water samples at a pumping location along Indian Creek Dr. Image credit: NOAA
Scientists from FAU and AOML collect water samples at a pumping location along Indian Creek Dr. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Researchers Take Water Samples at Annual King Tide

The NOAA team readies the R/V Hildebrand for the release of a rehabilitated leatherback. Image credit: Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park.
The NOAA team readies the R/V Hildebrand for the release of a rehabilitated leatherback. Image credit: Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park.

SEFSC & AOML Partner to Tag Leatherback Turtles in the Gulf of America

The R/V Walton Smith. Photo credit: Sarah Rivard, NOAA
The R/V Walton Smith. Photo credit: Sarah Rivard, NOAA

AOML Conducts Water Quality Monitoring in Florida Bay

An aerial view of Boca Chita Key surrounded by Biscayne Bay. Image credit: National Park Service
An aerial view of Boca Chita Key surrounded by Biscayne Bay. Image credit: National Park Service

AOML Begins Biscayne Bay Canal Sampling Surveys

spawning mountainous star colony. Photo and Video credit: NOAA
spawning mountainous star colony. Photo and Video credit: NOAA

Video: Coral Spawning in the Florida Keys

Image taken from NASA's Global Hawk during a NOAA mission to profile Tropical Storm Fred on September 5th, 2015. Image credit: NOAA
Image taken from NASA's Global Hawk during a NOAA mission to profile Tropical Storm Fred on September 5th, 2015. Image credit: NOAA

Tropical Storm Fred

Clouds in Tropical Storm Erika. Photo Credit: NOAA.
Clouds in Tropical Storm Erika. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Tropical Storm Erika

Cloud cover as seen out of the window of the P-3 aircraft as it flies through Hurricane Danny. Image credit: NOAA
Cloud cover as seen out of the window of the P-3 aircraft as it flies through Hurricane Danny. Image credit: NOAA

Hurricane Danny

Surveys are conducted in the waters of Florida Bay, just off Key Largo. Image credit: NOAA
Surveys are conducted in the waters of Florida Bay, just off Key Largo. Image credit: NOAA

Scientists Conduct Juvenile Sport Fish Surveys in Florida Bay

The glider rests on the deck of the R/V La Sultana before deployment. Image credit: NOAA
The glider rests on the deck of the R/V La Sultana before deployment. Image credit: NOAA

Underwater Gliders Begin Third Mission

Messages written by local schoolchildren are bottled up and ready for deployment. Image credit: NOAA
Messages written by local schoolchildren are bottled up and ready for deployment. Image credit: NOAA

July Hydrographic Survey Conducted in the Florida Straits

AOML staff and interns collect a sample at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA
AOML staff and interns collect a sample at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Image credit: NOAA

Ocean Sampling Day 2015

A Christmas Tree worm makes its way across a bed of coral polyps. Image credit: NOAA
A Christmas Tree worm makes its way across a bed of coral polyps. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Scientists Establish Ocean Acidification Monitoring Site at Flower Garden Banks

AOML hurricane researcher talks with a museum visitor. Image credit: NOAA
AOML hurricane researcher talks with a museum visitor. Image credit: NOAA

Hurricane Researchers “Feel The Force” at the Frost Museum of Science

NOAA hurricane research technology on the field at Marlins Park. Image credit: NOAA
NOAA hurricane research technology on the field at Marlins Park. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Participates in CBS4 Miami’s 10th Annual Weather Day

AOML Coral Ecologist discusses ocean acidification impacts on corals with a group of students. Image credit: NOAA
AOML Coral Ecologist discusses ocean acidification impacts on corals with a group of students. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA and Partners Host Open House for 1300

Gliders lined up and ready for deployment. Photo Credit: NOAA.
Gliders lined up and ready for deployment. Photo Credit: NOAA.

Underwater Gliders Retrieved After Successful Second Mission

Happy Earth Day from AOML's Environmental Microbiology Group. Image credit: NOAA
Happy Earth Day from AOML's Environmental Microbiology Group. Image credit: NOAA

Happy Earth Day from AOML

A pair of bottlenose dolphins cruising behind the Nancy Foster. Image credit: NOAA
A pair of bottlenose dolphins cruising behind the Nancy Foster. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA Conducts Interdisciplinary Research Cruise in the Caribbean Aboard the Nancy Foster

Group photo of the participants at the Rosenstiel School's MTLSSC Building. Image credit: NOAA
Group photo of the participants at the Rosenstiel School's MTLSSC Building. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Hosts Young Scientists on Take Your Child To Work Day

Sunset aboard the R/V F.G. Walton Smith. Image credit: NOAA
Sunset aboard the R/V F.G. Walton Smith. Image credit: NOAA

April Hydrographic Survey Conducted in the Florida Straits

Gideon Butler of the University of San Diego lays a transect along a reef. Photo credit: Lauren Valentino, NOAA
Gideon Butler of the University of San Diego lays a transect along a reef. Photo credit: Lauren Valentino, NOAA

AOML Marks 13th Trip Aboard Global Reef Expedition Cruise

March Numeric Nutrient Criteria Study Cruise collects data at Fowey Light for the Argo program. Image credit: NOAA
March Numeric Nutrient Criteria Study Cruise collects data at Fowey Light for the Argo program. Image credit: NOAA

Numeric Nutrient Criteria Study Cruise

Uli Rivero and Erica Rule use a balloon as an explanatory prop during their NED talk. Image credit: NOAA
Uli Rivero and Erica Rule use a balloon as an explanatory prop during their NED talk. Image credit: NOAA

Science Communication Workshop

CTD under sparkling clear blue water. Image credit: NOAA
CTD under sparkling clear blue water. Image credit: NOAA

February 2015 Western Boundary Time Series Cruise

Professor Julio Morell of The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and AOML's Grant Rawson, watch the glider drift away after deploying it on February 6, 2015. Image credit: NOAA
Professor Julio Morell of The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and AOML's Grant Rawson, watch the glider drift away after deploying it on February 6, 2015. Image credit: NOAA

Underwater Gliders Second Deployment

Miami-based researchers learn how to use direct broadcast polar-orbiting satellite data. Image credit: NOAA
Miami-based researchers learn how to use direct broadcast polar-orbiting satellite data. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Hosts Satellite Workshop

Dr. Frank Marks, Dr. S. G. Gopalakrishnan, and Dr. Thiago Quirino pose with their Department of Commerce Gold Medal Awards. Image credit: NOAA
Dr. Frank Marks, Dr. S. G. Gopalakrishnan, and Dr. Thiago Quirino pose with their Department of Commerce Gold Medal Awards. Image credit: NOAA

Gold Medal Awarded to HWRF

Congresswomen Frankel, Wasserman Schultz, and Wilson at their 2015 swearing-in ceremony. Image credit: NOAA
Congresswomen Frankel, Wasserman Schultz, and Wilson at their 2015 swearing-in ceremony. Image credit: NOAA

Swearing-In Ceremony of US Representatives

Grant Rawson stabilizes the equipment as it is loaded onto the R/V F.G. Walton Smith. Image Credit: NOAA
Grant Rawson stabilizes the equipment as it is loaded onto the R/V F.G. Walton Smith. Image Credit: NOAA

Hydrographic Survey Conducted in the Florida Straits

University of Miami Rosenstiel School graduates who worked with NOAA during their graduate research. From left to right: Shannon Jones, Austin Flinn, and Chloe Fleming. Image credit: NOAA
University of Miami Rosenstiel School graduates who worked with NOAA during their graduate research. From left to right: Shannon Jones, Austin Flinn, and Chloe Fleming. Image credit: NOAA

Congratulations to UM’s RSMAS Graduates from NOAA

AOML scientists deploy drifters, collect CTD casts and recover moorings. Image credit: NOAA
AOML scientists deploy drifters, collect CTD casts and recover moorings. Image credit: NOAA

PIRATA Northeast Extension Cruise

AOML's CTD/O2/LADCP instrument package is recovered, secured, and ready for sampling following the first station at 27N in the Florida Straits. Image credit: NOAA
AOML's CTD/O2/LADCP instrument package is recovered, secured, and ready for sampling following the first station at 27N in the Florida Straits. Image credit: NOAA

Hydrographic Survey Conducted in the Florida Straits

Renee Carlton diving in the Solomon Islands as part of the ongoing collaboration between the Khaled bin Sultan's Living Oceans Foundation and AOML's ACCRETE team to obtain baseline ocean acidification related data from remote coral reef locations across the Pacific Ocean. Image credit: Living Oceans Foundation
Renee Carlton diving in the Solomon Islands as part of the ongoing collaboration between the Khaled bin Sultan's Living Oceans Foundation and AOML's ACCRETE team to obtain baseline ocean acidification related data from remote coral reef locations across the Pacific Ocean. Image credit: Living Oceans Foundation

Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition

Dr. Thomas Carsey presents observations of Florida's coastal oceans with the Key Biscayne Citizen Science group. Image credit: NOAA
Dr. Thomas Carsey presents observations of Florida's coastal oceans with the Key Biscayne Citizen Science group. Image credit: NOAA

Dr. Thomas Carsey Presents for Key Biscayne’s Citizen Science Project

Researchers with the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) finished redeploying their CREWS buoy off Little Cayman Island during the month of October. Image credit: Central Caribbean Marine Institute
Researchers with the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) finished redeploying their CREWS buoy off Little Cayman Island during the month of October. Image credit: Central Caribbean Marine Institute

The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) Redeploys Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) Buoy

Scientists collect water samples at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park during the annual King Tide. Image credit: NOAA
Scientists collect water samples at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park during the annual King Tide. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA Researchers Take Water Samples at Annual ‘King Tide’

Coral bleaching occurring in coral colonies at Cheeca Rocks in the Florida Keys. Image credit: NOAA
Coral bleaching occurring in coral colonies at Cheeca Rocks in the Florida Keys. Image credit: NOAA

Coral Bleaching at Cheeca Rocks

Drew Osbrink and Eric Redweik of Sensintel and NOAA hurricane researcher Joe Cione monitor data from the Coyote as it flies into Hurricane Edouard. (Image Credit:NOAA)
Drew Osbrink and Eric Redweik of Sensintel and NOAA hurricane researcher Joe Cione monitor data from the Coyote as it flies into Hurricane Edouard. (Image Credit:NOAA)

Hurricane Edouard

Partially bleached Orbicella faveolata colony at Horseshoe Reef in the Florida Keys. Image credit: NOAA
Partially bleached Orbicella faveolata colony at Horseshoe Reef in the Florida Keys. Image credit: NOAA

Coral Bleaching in the Northern Florida Keys

The radome hangs above AOML. Image credit: NOAA
The radome hangs above AOML. Image credit: NOAA

X-Band Satellite Receiver Installation

P3 crew on the ground at Avon Park. Image credit: NOAA
P3 crew on the ground at Avon Park. Image credit: NOAA

Coyote UAS Logs Successful Calibration Flight

Dr. Chris Sinigalliano cleans out a sampling bottle before taking the final sample. Image credit: NOAA
Dr. Chris Sinigalliano cleans out a sampling bottle before taking the final sample. Image credit: NOAA

NOAA Researchers Take Water Samples at Annual ‘King Tide’

Craig McLean and Gustavo Goni with Hurricane Glider. Photo Credit: NOAA
Craig McLean and Gustavo Goni with Hurricane Glider. Photo Credit: NOAA

NOAA Leadership Visits AOML and SEFSC

Photo from Cheeca Rocks in summer 2014. Image credit: NOAA
Photo from Cheeca Rocks in summer 2014. Image credit: NOAA

AOML Records Coral Bleaching off of South Florida Coast

Students examine a CTD rosette to learn how oceanographers collect deep ocean water samples. Image credit: NOAA
Students examine a CTD rosette to learn how oceanographers collect deep ocean water samples. Image credit: NOAA

Undergraduates From University of Miami Learn About Ocean Observations with AOML

AOML Director Dr. Robert Atlas and Congressman Diaz-Balart examine a coral sample. Image credit: NOAA
AOML Director Dr. Robert Atlas and Congressman Diaz-Balart examine a coral sample. Image credit: NOAA

U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart Visits AOML

Underwater view of a wave glider at sea. Image credit: Liquid Robotics
Underwater view of a wave glider at sea. Image credit: Liquid Robotics

Wave Glider Deployments in the Gulf of America

AOML employees commemorated Dr. Robert Atlas' nine years (and counting) as the AOML director!
AOML employees commemorated Dr. Robert Atlas' nine years (and counting) as the AOML director!

Happy 9th Anniversary, Dr. Atlas!

Coral ecologist Ian Enochs dives in the carbon dioxide bubbles of Maug's coral reefs (credit: Stephani Gordon/Open Boat Films/NOAA)
Coral ecologist Ian Enochs dives in the carbon dioxide bubbles of Maug's coral reefs (credit: Stephani Gordon/Open Boat Films/NOAA)

Maug Research Cruise

Little Cayman CREWS Station. Image credit: NOAA
Little Cayman CREWS Station. Image credit: NOAA

CREWS Station Deployment 2014

AOML's Principal Investigator, Dr. Gustavo Goni, takes a selfie with the glider before deployment. Image credit: NOAA
AOML's Principal Investigator, Dr. Gustavo Goni, takes a selfie with the glider before deployment. Image credit: NOAA

Ocean Glider Deployment 2014

An AOML intern scoops up a water sample on Ocean Sampling Day 2014 in the Florida Keys. Image credit: NOAA
An AOML intern scoops up a water sample on Ocean Sampling Day 2014 in the Florida Keys. Image credit: NOAA

Ocean Sampling Day 2014

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