Deploying ARGO float

Deploying ARGO float

Deploying ARGO float

Deploying ARGO float

Johnny and Pedro recovering a CTD instrument and water sampling array.

Johnny and Pedro recovering a CTD instrument and water sampling array.

Reflection of bow of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in water at sunset.

Reflection of bow of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in water. This image was digitally modified to eliminate red cast of sunset reflection apparent in image ship1303.

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE

An ASIS buoy

The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN offshore at Easter Island.

The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN offshore at Easter Island. Moai guarding harbor.

The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN offshore at Easter Island. A big ocean with a small research ship.

The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN offshore at Easter Island. Skiff approaching landing area.

The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN offshore at Easter Island. Surfer tearing up a left.

NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

Port quarter of NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

Stern view of NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

Port side view of NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

Port side view of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN

NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN offshore of Cape Verde Islands. Statue of Prince Henry the Navigator in foreground.

RHIB of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN cruising by the BIG E. It looks like the NOAA folks are having more fun on this day.

Port side view of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN as seen from RHIB

Port side view of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN as seen from RHIB

Port bow of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the late afternoon sun.

Stern view of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN recovering JASON II remotely operated vehicle.

NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA on the ways prior to launching.

Sign for christening ceremony of NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA

Specially designed propeller of NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA. This propeller design minimizes the acoustic signature of the ship which is very important for fisheries research.

The bow of the NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA just prior to launching.

The NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA entering its natural habitat for the first time.

Allen Shimada, Mimi Shimada, and Allen's niece with the NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA in the background. Allen and Mimi are the son and daughter of Bell Shimada for whom the ship was named.

Model of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS. This was one of the great oceanographic ships of the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.

Bow of the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN headed into the late afternoon sun.

Starboard bow view of the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the late afternoon sun.

Deploying the remotely operated vehicle JASON II from the port quarter of the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN with autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in water astern of ship.

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in port

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in port

NOAA Ship OREGON II

NOAA Ship OREGON II

NOAA Ship RAINIER

NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

NOAA Ship SURVEYOR steaming along the edge of the pack ice.

NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER at pier at St. Kitts.

A-frame of NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER