Hurricane Ida

U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Beth Sanabia, instructor of oceanography at the U.S. Naval Academy, loads an Airborne eXpendable Bathythermograph for launch during a flight into Hurricane Ida Aug. 29, 2021. Each summer, Sanabia and midshipmen from the USNA, as well as personnel from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute participate in an internship studying the ocean’s temperatures ahead of tropical systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)