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NOAA's two Lockheed WP-3D Orions along with a DHC-6 Twin Otter (foreground) and a King Air 350CER inside the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center hangar in Lakeland, Florida.
NOAA Corps pilot Ensign Sarah Cozart at the controls of a NOAA DHC-6 Twin Otter.
Divers deployed from NOAA Ship Rainier near the Mariana Islands 'discuss' coral taxononmy by writing on their slates to communicate.
A white abalone, a type of endangered marine snail with a rich history, on the sea floor.
A diver takes samples as part of a seven-week sampling mission to determine the amount of contamination in the Great Lakes.
NOAA divers Will Sassorossi and Ensign Sara Thompson explore the wreck of the Schurz.
Professional mariners working the deck aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II.
Divers being trained by the NOAA Diving Program.
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey officers standing next to a USC&GS Aero Commander.
NOAA Corps officer Melissa Mathes Trede.
Survey Technician Sophia Tigges aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown removing gooseneck barnacles that have made their home on the bottom of a buoy.
Rendering of improvements to NOAA port facility in Ketchikan, Alaska, including a new office building, trestle and dock.