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Lightning was spotted from aboard NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson while the vessel was conducting hydrographic surveys off the coast of North Carolina.
The 208-foot hydrographic survey vessel conducted seafloor surveys to identify submerged hazards to navigation following Hurricane Maria.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson underway off Puerto Rico in November 2018.

I've always wanted to be on the ocean, since I was twelve, actually, I wanted to work for NOAA.
My name is Allison Stone, and I'm a hydrographic senior survey technician on board the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
My primary...

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson with Statue of Liberty in background

A NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson crew member retrieves a sidescan sonar towfish used to survey the Hudson River for debris following Hurricane Sandy.

A launch from NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson heads out to a post-Sandy survey for sunken debris in New York harbor.

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson at sea in 2010.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson underway 06-08-10