Weather buoy. This is the OBOE 1 buoy. OBOE (Ocean Buoy Observing Equipment) devices are deployed at sea to obtain information on weather conditions.

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Weather buoy. This is the OBOE 1 buoy. OBOE (Ocean Buoy Observing Equipment) devices are deployed at sea to obtain information on weather conditions. This is a relatively small weather buoy. The data gathered is used by the Met Office, the UK's national weather monitoring and forecasting service. Photographed in the UK.

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