Personal Perspectives

Chasing a Basking Shark

It was a hot and sunny day, with barely a whiff of breeze. I boarded a boat in...

Personal Perspectives

Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...

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December in Malibu

Shooting seascapes often involves hiking on very delicate rock formations near...

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Break On Through

I took this shot at Pfeiffer Beach, my favorite beach in my home state of...

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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...

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Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...

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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes are some of the most important organisms in the sea. These miniscule...

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...

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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice

The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...

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Celebrating the Ocean With New Museum Exhibits

A lot can happen in five years. Since 2007, the concentration of carbon dioxide in...

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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...