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Pink dye was released by CARTHE researchers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its movement tracked using underwater sensors, two small drones, a helicopter and a kite.
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How Does Seawater Move?

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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

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Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller than the eye of a needle is magnified 20x and contains multitudes.
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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle

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A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the slit at the center of the radiating ribs) tight.
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Closed-Mouth Coral

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Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

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Deep-sea Copepod Head
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Deep-sea Copepod Gets a Close-up

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Beating Cilia of Comb Jelly Combs
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Sea Gooseberry Larva

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Tiny sponge spicules.
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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

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Tardigrade Under the Microscope
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Psychedelic Tardigrade

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Corallimorpharian
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Soft Coral Close-Up

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Illustration of copepods from Ernst Haeckel.
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Copepods

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Sea anemone illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Anemones

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