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Each week, we post a NOAA Teacher at Sea photo to feature on our website, Facebook, and Twitter. Below are your Top Ten photo picks of 2015!
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From: Bill Henske: Mind if We Drop in? June 19, 2015
Mind if we drop in? A dive boat travels away from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster (in the distance) to deploy the "drop camera," an underwater camera specialized for low light conditions. The camera will be lowered (or dropped) at a specific location to "ground-truth" an interesting point in the satellite and sonar depth data.
Photo By Bill Henske

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From: Alex Miller: Smooth Sailing So Far, May 31, 2015
TAS 2015 Alexandra Miller helped sort through a neuston catch which contained many beautiful blue jellies! These Vellela vellela jellies are commonly known as by-the-wind sailors thanks to their interesting sail adaptation that allows them to harness the power of the wind to aid in their dispersal!
Photo By Alexandra Miller

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From: Emily Whalen: Trawling in Cape Cod Bay, April 29, 2015
Many Crustaceans can grow back lost limbs - and this lobster caught this month aboard NOAA Ship Henry Bigelow is a good example! http://ow.ly/MOsOi "Another interesting fact about lobsters is that they can regenerate lost body parts. After a claw or leg is lost, the cells near the damaged area will start to divide to form a new appendage. The developing structure is delicate and essentially useless while it is growing, but after a few molts, it will be fully functional."
Photo By Emily Whalen

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From: Chris Sanborn: Last Day Shark Tagging, July 17, 2015
TAS 2015 Chris Sanbron works with the Cooperative Atlantic States Shark Pupping and Nursery (COASTSPAN) survey in the Delaware Bay to collect biological and life history data in sharks such as the one seen here.
Photo By Chris Sanborn

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From: Kathleen Gibson, Hammerheads on the Line, August 4, 2015
The great hammerhead is the largest of the hammerheads. Average size estimates of mature individuals varies between 10-14 ft in length with a weight approximately 500 lbs! This one caught on a survey aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II is about 11 ft. long! #TAS 2015 Kathleen Gibson was able to get experience handling them!
Photo By Ian Davenport

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From: Andrea Schmuttermair: Farewell, Kodiak, July 25, 2015
Science is everywhere. From the lab, to the bridge, to the engineering rooms, there is science in everything we do! Here are the engineers of NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.
Photo By Andrea Schmuttermair

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From: Kimberly Lewis: July 9, 2010
2010 Teacher at Sea Kimberly Lewis describes the importance of identifying and recording the sex of individuals surveyed during the SEAMAP Summer Groundfish Survey aboard the NOAA Ship Oregon 2, like this female Blue Crab with eggs! "Information on the male:female ratio helps NOAA and the states assess the ability of the population to reproduce, and to establish sustainable catch levels."
Photo By Kimberly Lewis

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From: Dave Grant: The “River in the Ocean”, March 2, 2012
Several marine filtering methods used aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown allow scientists to observe and study beautiful zooplankton like this inch-long lobster larvae - laid out here on a glass slide! TAS 2012 Dave Grant almost mistook it for a piece of plastic.
Photo By Dave Grant

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From: Patty McGinnis: Women Scientists on the Ocean Starr, May 27, 2013
2013 Teacher at Sea Patty McGinnis, who sailed aboard the NOAA Ship Ocean Star on a Rockfish survey describes her encounter with this tiny transparent eel larvae "Last night I saw an eel larva. Its body, almost impossibly thin, was gelatinous to the touch. A tiny eye and mouth were the only things that made it recognizable as an animal. When I held it up to the light its many bones became obvious."
Photo By Patty McGinnis

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From: Michael Wing: What’s there to see out there? July 24, 2015
A Mola (aka Ocean Sunfish). These bizarre looking fish lie on their side just under the water’s surface and eat jellyfish. They can be really large – four feet long, or more! They are large, slow, and defenseless. TAS 2015 Michael Wing spotted many of these while aboard R/V Fulmar. Read more about them on his blog.
Photo By Michael Wing

Thanks to Our teachers and supporters for making the 2015 Teacher at Sea season such a success. We look forward to a tremendous year in 2016!

Check out our 2015 Blog Year in Review and our 2015 Did You Know Year in Review
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