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A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.

Map of subtropical southwest Atlantic Ocean; water in blue, landmasses in black, and ocean currents as animated white arrows.
Gulf Stream Animation from NASA Perpetual Ocean
Cartoon image of a sediment core, coral slab x-ray, clam shell, and a foramnifera
Coral, Clam, Core, and Foram!
people using long pole to retrieve small floating piece of equipment in the ocean
Mendocino RROBS Retrieval
back of a ship on the ocean during the day
Mendocino RROBS Retrieval
equipment floating in the ocean
Mendocino RROBS Retrieval
The Research Vessel Parke Snavely conducting a bathymetric survey near the Santa Cruz waterfront.
RV Parke Snavely - Santa Cruz waterfront
Two USGS scientists on a boat, wearing orange personal floatation devices, hold half of a clamshell found in Tampa Bay.
USGS scientists holding Tampa Bay clamshell
large piece of equipment in warehouse
BOBSled
A camera system sits on a boat deck with all its components attached to a frame sits on a boat deck.
BOBSled with its major components labeled
Three people working on a big piece of equipment inside
Learning about BOBSled
Person walks along shoreline carrying a backpack used for surveying elevation.
Elevation data collected on a beach
Person drives a personal water craft near the shoreline.
Elevation data collected from a personal water craft
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