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An underwater image of a juvenile black, white, and yellow-striped Bluehead wrasse fish dart in and out of a reef, composed of yellow fire coral (Millepora complanate, back left), branching finger coral (Porites furcate, front left), and various species of sea rods and sea fans. This coral reef sits in the waters of Playa Melones, Puerto Rico.
A man in a blue shirt leans over a table with a hole cut in the middle. The only light in the room is coming from the hole in the table.
A firefighter in protective gear carries a metal canister with flames coming out of the spout, walking through green shrubbery. Fire burns in the foreground.

Ames Earth Science Galleries

Researchers from Ames’ Earth Science division travel all over the country – and the globe – to study the planet and the processes within. Take a look through the galleries below to get a peak into the aircraft and labs our scientists study in, and the oceans, fires, and volcanoes they are looking at.

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