video

Ice Divers Prepare to Plunge

It takes special equipment and many warm layers of clothing to dive safely beneath...

Photo

'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most...

Lesson Plan

Calling All Explorers

Students research and write about what it means to be an ocean explorer, both...

Lesson Plan

Who Has the Data?

Students learn what types of data scientists collect to monitor coral reefs, and...

Personal Perspectives

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

Personal Perspectives

Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

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

Personal Perspectives

Patience is a Virtue

As an underwater photographer, time in the field is the most valuable thing I can...

Personal Perspectives

Life in the Field

To a photographer, all that matters is the image, the picture that results when the...

slideshow

Life in the Field as an Underwater Photographer

Brian Skerry, an award winning photographer for National Geographic, explores the...

Personal Perspectives

The Perfect Underwater Photo

There is of course, no such thing as the perfect photograph, as there is no perfect...

slideshow

Image Gallery: The Perfect Underwater Photo

For nearly 35 years, National Geographic photojournalist Brian Skerry has been...

Personal Perspectives

Swimming With Sharks

Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...