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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.

Sub Categories

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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Islands in the Sun

Islands in the Sun

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Sea lion taking it easy in the shade of dead tree roots

Sea lion taking it easy in the shade of dead tree roots

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Sea lion cooling off in a shallow tidal pool

Sea lion cooling off in a shallow tidal pool

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Blue-footed boobies

Blue-footed boobies

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A blue-footed booby in a mating display

A blue-footed booby in a mating display

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Red-footed booby

Red-footed booby

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Red-footed booby

Red-footed booby

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Galapagos heron

Galapagos heron

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