Books, Film & The Arts

The ocean plays the part of muse for many artists. Books, films, and the arts often pull inspiration from the sea—you can explore them here!

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Photographer Brian Skerry walks knee deep in a mangrove in the Bahamas.

Life in the Field as an Underwater Photographer

Brian Skerry, an award winning photographer for National Geographic, explores the underwater world searching for the perfect photo. But getting that photo is never easy. Read more from Brian about the perfect underwater photo and other adventures in...

A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of...

A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth

Using Light Painting to Teach...

Watch this short video tutorial to learn how to do light painting. Painting with light is a...

Coral Letters: A Message from the...

If you look closely, you can read a message in the corals. We are not being metaphorical. Barry and...

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Karen Romano Young's 19th AntarcticLog comic

Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

Karen Romano Young's comics tell the story of a team of scientists from Maine's Bigelow Lab as they travel to Palmer Station, Antarctica. Credit:...

Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

Kopelman's watercolors focus on the beautiful sponges that attach to...

Bringing the Western Flyer, and History,...

Video of Western Flyer: A New Chapter As a first year graduate student in...

A hermit crab looks out from its coral dwelling in the waters of Japan's Ogasawara Islands.

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The Perfect Underwater Photo

There is of course, no such thing as the perfect photograph, as there is no perfect song, movie, or painting. Photography by...

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