During week one of the SSE mission at the Flower Gardens, a six-member team from National Geographic participated to document the coral spawning, along with the SSE activities. Here, Dr. Sylvia Earle, and Emma Hickerson (SSE Mission Coordinator, Sanctuary Research Coordinator) are instructed in the use of underwater communication equipment provided by Richard Nordstrom, of the company, Cis-Luna. NGS was filming an episode of a 13-part series, called Sea Stories. (Photo: Frank and Joyce Burek)