Mike McCarthy prepares a three-meter surface buoy — used in climate and oceanographic studies — for sea. Meteorological instruments will be secured on a tower on the top of the buoy, and a variety of current, temperature and other sensors will be attached on a single line below the buoy, which is anchored to the sea floor.
(Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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