Photo of the Week

We are excited to bring back our Photo of the Week section so stay tuned for new content coming soon! In the meantime, take a look at these fantastic pictures from our teachers.

Who says it doesn’t snow in Florida?

December 14, 2020

Marine snow (organic detritus) falls gently on a snowy grouper in the North Florida Marine Protected Area.

Photo: NOAA ROV

For each hour of video taken, it will take Stacey between four and eight hours to catalog each fish found as the ROV passed by. This information is compiled into a report that will be shared with the South Atlantic Council to show if the targeted species are actually making a comeback in these marine protected areas (MPAs).... The snowy grouper is one of the targeted species. Using the ROV, we found this one swimming back into his burrow.

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