Gallery: Under the Surface

07/15/25
Students perform a rescue drill as part of the Introduction to Scientific Diving course. Photo by Kendall Cooper.
Chemical oceanography master’s student Taylor Conklin drills a core from a living coral off the coast of Kiritimati as part of her work with the Tropical Paleoclimate Dynamics Group led by assistant professor Alyssa Atwood. Photo by Kristina Tietjen.
Underwater archaeology master's alumnus Shawn Joy holds an artifact collected while diving. Courtesy photo.
Academic Diving Program participant and graduate student Alaina Young practices at FSU's Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Courtesy photo.
Academic Diving Program participant and graduate student Adin Domen practices diving at FSU's Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Photo by Chris Peters.
Former assistant professor of anthropology Jessi Halligan and a visiting researcher explore an archaeological site in the Aucilla River. Photo by Chris Peters.
FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory Diving Scholarship recipient Chanti Max dives on a project in Bonaire. Photo by Laurel Field.
Diving Safety Officer Chris Peters finds lionfish while surveying an artificial reef near the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Photo by Keith Mille.
Diving Safety Officer Chris Peters ascends with a pneumatic drilling system during a project in Moorea, French Polynesia. Photo by Scott Burgess.
Diving Safety Officer Chris Peters stands near shore during a project in Moorea, French Polynesia. Photo by Scott Burgess.
Diving Safety Officer Chris Peters prepares for a dive with professor Peter Edmunds of California State University Northridge during a project in Moorea, French Polynesia. Photo by Scott Burgess.
Postdoctoral researcher Erika Johnston overlooks a Pocillopera coral colony during a project in Moorea, French Polynesia. Photo by Chris Peters.
FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory Diving Scholarship recipient and graduate student Lillie Bradshaw ascends while assisting an operation supporting an artificial reef deployment. Photo by Eli Myron.
Academic Diving Program participant and graduate student Morgan Hawkins explores a reef offshore of the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Photo by Chris Peters.
Associate professor of biological science Scott Burgess and professor Peter Edmunds of California State University Northridge prepare a study site near Moorea, French Polynesia to research the cryptic diversity of coral. Photo by Chris Peters.
In the foreground, a Pocillopera coral colony harbors reef fish, as associate professor of biological science Scott Burgess and his team collect coral biopsies to research the cryptic diversity of the coral. Photo by Chris Peters.
Underwater archaeology master's alumnus Shawn Joy measures the depth of an excavation at an archaeological dive in Florida. Courtesy photo.
An Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) school near the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Photo by Ashley Dawdy.