Media Gallery: Photos 1.3.2

  • Tlingit paddlers set the canoe in Washington’s Potomac River for its ceremonial launch.

    Canoe Placed in Potomac River
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    Tlingit paddlers carefully lift the Raven Spirit canoe into Washington’s Potomac River for its ceremonial launch. More about raven spirit can be found in our Raven Spirit featured story.
  • Pirate captain Bartholomew Roberts in his finery.

    Captain Bartholomew Roberts
    Jul 29 2010 - 3:45pm
    Eventually, however, Bartholomew Roberts’ luck came to end. He was killed off the coast of Africa. Following his wishes, his crew threw his body into the sea—finery and all. Then, in the largest...
  • Captain William Kidd

    Captain Kidd on His Ship
    Jul 7 2010 - 12:22pm
    In 1697, aboard his ship Adventure Galley, Kidd captured his largest prize ever—a richly loaded Moorish ship, The Quedah Merchant. Kidd assumed the ship was a legitimate prize. But when its French...
  • Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island

    Captain William Kidd
    Jul 6 2010 - 5:52pm
    Captain Kidd had a license from Lord Bellomont, the governor of New England and New York, and King William III of England to hunt down pirates and capture French ships. Read about more pirates in the...
  • A "dumbo" octopus is captured by an ROV.

    Capturing a Deep-Sea Octopod
    Jan 6 2011 - 12:09pm
    Success! A so-called "dumbo" octopod is chased and finally captured by a suction device on the ROV, skillfully operated by a pilot on the ship above.    
  • A still from the animated movie showing a skeleton holding a graph that charts rising rising carbon dioxide for a school of fish to see.

    Carbon Dioxide Up
    Mar 21 2011 - 5:11pm
    A still from The Krill is Gone, part of the 19th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital.
  • Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.

    Carbon Dioxide Volcanic Seep
    Jul 31 2012 - 4:17pm
    Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea where CO2 bubbles out of the reef making water acidic as we would expect to see in the future due to the burning of...
  • A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.

    Carbonate Reef (Cretaceous Period: 145 - 65 Million Years Ago)
    Dec 4 2009 - 3:21pm
    This illustration shows the edge of a warm inland sea during the Cretaceous Period, heyday of the dinosaurs. Constantly shifting sediment supported new groups of organisms, including rudist clams—...
  • Cardinalfish dads protect their eggs by gingerly carrying them in their mouths.

    Cardinalfish Dad with a Mouthful of Eggs
    May 11 2012 - 3:17pm
    Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus sp.) dads do their part to protect their eggs by gingerly carrying them in their mouths. However, the dads could easily swallow the whole bunch in one gulp! To keep her...
  • A thick stand of mangroves with tangled roots lines an island creek in Panama.

    Caribbean Mangroves
    Jan 26 2010 - 11:45am
    This creek lined with mangroves is located near the Smithsonian Institution’s field station in Bocas del Toro, Panama. The tangled roots support an amazing array of life. Learn more about mangroves...
  • Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.

    Caribbean Reef Shark
    Sep 29 2011 - 1:46pm
    Several Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas in this image captured by National Geographic photojournalist Brian Skerry. For nearly 30 years, Skerry has been swimming with...
  • Logo for the Carnival of the Blue.

    Carnival of the Blue Logo
    Aug 10 2010 - 5:31pm
    Logo for the Carnival of the Blue, a rotating monthly compilation of the "best of" ocean blogging.