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Swinging in the Breeze

Swinging in the Breeze

The main lift line for the submersible Alvin is visible from the research vessel Atlantis A-frame.  The sub is generally recovered in the late afternoon. (Woods Hole Oceanographic […]

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High Profiler

High Profiler

Researchers prepare the high-resolution profiler, or HRP, for deployment.  The instrument, used in ocean mixing studies, records temperature, salinity, pressure, and horizontal velocity 10 times per second on descent to […]

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Watery Welcome

Watery Welcome

A member of the science party gets the traditional welcome home greeting after his first Alvin dive during an Atlantis cruise in the North Atlantic. (Photo courtesy Woods Hole […]

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A Different Era

A Different Era

Captain Adrian K. Lane standing on the wheelhouse of R/V Atlantis, circa 1946.
(Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives)

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The Importance of Deep-Sea Corals

Many people think corals thrive only in tropical waters, such as the Great Barrier Reef or the Florida Keys. Biologist Rhian Waller of WHOI talks about deep-sea corals, found in […]

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Golden Spiral

Golden Spiral

A colony of gold-colored Pegea Socia, a gelatinous creature common off the central and northern California coast. Aggregates form chains in a tight spiral coil. (Photo by Laurence Madin, […]

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Mellow Yellow

Mellow Yellow

Researchers work on the WHOI autonomous underwater vehicle SeaBED (foreground), with the Greek submersible, Thetis, in the background. The two vehicles were used in tandem during the Read More

Round and Round

Round and Round

Dolioletta gegenbauri, a planktonic colonial tunicate that filters phytoplankton to eat, is about two inches (5 centimeters) long. This species was one of many collected in deep water during a recent Read More

Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

The submersible Alvin is framed by its launch/recovery system in a stern view of R/V Atlantis during a cruise off San Diego near San Clemente Island to study Read More