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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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Galapagos hawk

Galapagos hawk

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Pelican silhouetted in the bright sunglint

Pelican silhouetted in the bright sunglint

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Pelican and Galapagos penguins

Pelican and Galapagos penguins

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Layered rock formation with boobies fouling their rest area

Layered rock formation with boobies fouling their rest area

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Pelicans and cormorant

Pelicans and cormorant

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Marine iguanas soaking up the sun

Marine iguanas soaking up the sun

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Marine iguanas confronted with an impediment to travel

Marine iguanas confronted with an impediment to travel

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Marine iguanas observing human intruders

Marine iguanas observing human intruders

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