From the source:
"A drifter neatly compressed for deployment (left) and with the nylon drogue fully extended (right), as it will be in the water once the cardboard wraps dissolve. Photos courtesy NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory."
Photos courtesy NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
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