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Islands in the Sun

Scientists, sailors, pilots, divers, and other members of the NOAA family and its predecessor agencies have worked on every continent and in every climate that exists on Earth.

This collection records but a small fraction of that experience but will take you from Arctic regions to the South Pole, island-hopping from tropics to polar regions, and from the stratosphere to the bottom of the sea.

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Man-of-War Bay at Charlottesville
Atlantic and Caribbean
Lagoon shoreline
Equatorial Pacific
Biologists studying marine fauna in tidal pools on Laysan Island
North Pacific
Palm trees, tropical vegetation and a volcanic peak
South Pacific
The Philippines
Surf,rock, and orange vegetation with albatross nesting at the edge of the green vegetation
Tropical East Pacific

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Trash left to ferment

Trash left to ferment.

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Trash left on roadway

Trash left on roadway.

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Micronesian mariculture demonstration center before renovation

Micronesian mariculture demonstration center before renovation...

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Fisheries office on upper left, Fishermen's Coop in center right

Fisheries office on upper left, Fishermen's Coop in center right.

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Native family

Native family

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Native dwelling on left - boathouse for outrigger canoe on right

Native dwelling on left - boathouse for outrigger canoe on right.

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Native dwelling

Native dwelling

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Green low patches are taro patches

Green low patches are taro patches. Taro, a tuber, is a staple...

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