crew members recover an acoustic mooring buoy

Dr. Bruno Pernet (University of Washington) looks on as crew members recover an acoustic mooring buoy summoned just 15 minutes earlier from the ocean floor. The baskets of mussels that come up with these buoys provide seasonal samples during times when expensive submersibles are not available. Image courtesy of Gulf of Mexico 2002, NOAA/OER.

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