The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an American scientific agency with roots that reach back to 1807. Its mission is to “understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, to share that knowledge and information with others, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.” Over the years, NOAA has amassed a sizable library of photographs of our natural world, some of which I've selected here.
- For several years, Bob Pitman, a marine ecologist at NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center, has been conducting research with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service with the aim of discovering whether there may be a new species of killer whale in the waters of Antarctica. Genetics, aerial photogrammetry, and satellite telemetry are being used to explore the possibility. Here, NOAA marine ecologist Lisa Ballance is shown in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica, at a site where NOAA satellite-tagged one of the local forms of killer whales. This calf may be a new species of killer whale living in the ice in that region.NOAA
- A swimming pinkish-orange translucent holothurian, with intestinal tract visible, on July 27, 2010. Material in the gut is similar to seafloor dung piles seen widely over the world’s ocean sea floor.NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010
- This otter investigated Kevin Stierhoff prior to a dive in the kelp forest at Point Lobos State Reserve, California, in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, on September 30, 2005.Lieutenant John Crofts, NOAA Corps
- This giant isopod is a representative of one of approximately nine species of large isopods (crustaceans related to shrimps and crabs) in the genus Bathynomus. They are thought to be abundant in cold, deep waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Bob Carney, a professor of oceanography at Louisiana State University, caught this specimen in one of his deep-water fish traps.Expedition to the Deep Slope 2006, NOAA-OE / NOAA Ocean Explorer / Image courtesy of Expedition to the Deep Slope 2006, NOAA-OE
- A brave octopus fights off an alien intruder on May 31, 2006. This stunning octopod, Benthoctopus sp., seemed quite interested in ALVIN's port manipulator arm. Those inside the sub were surprised by the octopod's inquisitive behavior.Bruce Strickrott, Expedition to the Deep Slope / NOAA / OER
- Dr. Brian Stacy, NOAA veterinarian, prepares to clean an oiled Kemp's Ridley turtle. Veterinarians and scientists from NOAA, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, and other partners working under the Unified Command are capturing heavily-oiled young turtles 20 to 40 miles offshore as part of ongoing animal rescue and rehabilitation efforts.NOAA and Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- A deep-sea chimaera. Chimaeras are most closely related to sharks, although their evolutionary lineage branched off from sharks nearly 400 million years ago, and they have remained an isolated group ever since. Like sharks, chimaeras are cartilaginous and have no real bones. The lateral lines running across this chimaera are mechano-receptors that detect pressure waves (just like ears). The dotted-looking lines on the frontal portion of the face (near the mouth) are ampullae de lorenzini, which detect perturbations in electrical fields generated by living organisms.NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010 / NOAA Ocean Explorer / Image courtesy of INDEX 2010: “Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region”
- A magnificent profusion of life as a humpback whale dives amid thousands of seabirds. The NOAA ship Oscar Dyson is in the distance, off Unalaska Island, Alaska, on September 7, 2005.Dr. Phillip Clapham, NMFS / AKFSC / NMML
- Lieutenant Commander Marc Pickett and Lieutenant Mark Sarmek wrestle to free an entangled Hawaiian monk seal at French Frigate Shoals in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands during a marine debris survey and removal cruise in January of 1997. They were successful.Ray Boland, NOAA / NMFS / PIFD / ESOD
- A large male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostis) with characteristic proboscis dwarfs a shore bird in California’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.Robert Schwemmer, CINMS, NOAA
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