image: This is the Rosette being lowered from the R/V Endeavor during water column profiling operations. The TETHYS mass spectrometer is visible within the lower right portion of the rosette frame. The Rosette also included 12 Go-Flo water sample bottles. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 19, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Richard Camilli of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., and colleagues was titled, "Tracking Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of C. McIntyre, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution