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A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will travel throughout the Gulf of Mexico and send GPS coordinates to researchers.

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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will...

This small drone helped scientists to follow a trail of pink dye tracking ocean movement below the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Following the Dye by Drone

This small drone helped scientists follow a trail of pink dye tracking water...

Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to scientists through a GPS satellite. Some of the 5.7 million data points about the drifters locations are seen in this map of the Gulf.

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Tracking CARTHE Drifters

Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to...

Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS to the outside of the submersible Curasub so it can deploy ARMS on the seafloor.

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ARMS Deployment from a Submarine

Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures)...

DROP researchers successfully deploy a deep-sea ARMS at 396 feet using their submersible.

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Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

Deploying ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures) is tricky in the deep sea,...

This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and can be found in groups of hundreds.

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Purple Sea Urchin

This purple urchin Paleopneustes cristatus is seldom seen by itself, and...

An unidentified moray eel held in researcher's hands.

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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

This is an unidentified moray eel, collected from 650 feet off the coast of...

A yellow remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV, at the surface of the water.

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An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea

The Hanse Explorer crew used a remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV,...

Auster and colleagues direct a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive on the New England Seamounts.

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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

Peter Auster and colleagues direct a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive on the...

Inside the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason.

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Views from the ROV Jason

Inside the control van for the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason, Dr....

paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america

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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

Paleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...

Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral species, Stephanocyathus paliferus, now preserved at the National Museum of Natural History.

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Corals at the Smithsonian

Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral...

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Purple Sea Urchin

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An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea

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Views from the ROV Jason

Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

Corals at the Smithsonian

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Following the Dye by Drone

Tracking CARTHE Drifters

ARMS Deployment from a Submarine

Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

Purple Sea Urchin

A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea

Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

Views from the ROV Jason

Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

Corals at the Smithsonian

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