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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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Lava tubes exiting out to Truk Lagoon

Lava tubes exiting out to Truk Lagoon

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High islands of Truk with patch reef in foreground

High islands of Truk with patch reef in foreground

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High volcanic island in Truk Lagoon

High volcanic island in Truk Lagoon

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Copra drying shed on shore of Truk Lagoon

Copra drying shed on shore of Truk Lagoon

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Native dwellings on shore beyond fringing reef

Native dwellings on shore beyond fringing reef

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World War II causeway in mangrove swamp area

World War II causeway in mangrove swamp area

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High volcanic island with fringing reef

High volcanic island with fringing reef

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Coconut plantation on coral spit of high volcanic island

Coconut plantation on coral spit of high volcanic island

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