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  • Global map of underwater noise emissions from ships in 2019

    Image of a map showing the geographical distribution of global underwater noise source energy emission from ships (63 Hz 1/3 octave band) to the ocean. Published as part of findings in journal article by Jalkanen et al.

  • Offshore Oil Rig

    A photo of a Brazilian offshore oil rig. Photo credit to Divulgação Petrobras.

  • Oil Gathering Above the Deepwater Horizon Wellhead

    Photo of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Around 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged Macondo well over an 87-day period, before it was finally capped on July 15, 2010. Photograph by Daniel Beltra.

  • BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    A photo of the explosion of the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. The largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.

  • Fishing on the Pier, Saugatuck, Mich. Postcard

    A still image of people sitting on a wooden pier that goes into the distance. The people sitting at the edge are all fishing. Other people are working on completing the pier. Made by Brigham D.

  • Bamboo Raft

    OMEKA ARTWORK OMEKA ARTWORK 100% 10 B9 A bamboo raft that is floating in Phuket, Thailand A bamboo raft that is floating in Phuket, Thailand Turn on screen reader support To enable screen reader support, press ⌘+Option+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press ⌘slash

  • Bioline Biofilament

    An example of biodegradable fishing line made by Bioline Biofilament.

  • Ocean's Economy

  • Sea Turtle Poaching

    This photo was taken by the IOSEA Marine turtles and is displaying the illegal turtle trade. The sea turtles have been harvested for uses of shells and its meat.

  • Poaching Wave in South Africa

    Photograph by David Goldman , of a diver searching for a conch that contains a cultural significance as food and decoration for their people, although, the food contained in the conch is illegal to eat.

  • A sea turtle with a cracked carapace (shell) after a boat strike

    Image of a sea turtle after suffering blunt-force trauma from collision with a boat in Florida

  • Seismic Testing Is Torturing Marine Life

    A video about the impacts of seismic testing on marine life.

  • Freight containers on a ship

    Image of a ship from Yang Ming company carrying freight containers from Asia to Los Angeles, California
  • The image shows a large wooden carving that represents the Māori legend of Kupe and Te Wheke. An octopus-like figure can be seen wrapped around towards the bottom of the structure, with another figure towards the top, holding a sort of tool or weapon.

    Kupe and Te Wheke

    This photograph taken by Sid Mosdell shows an image of a carved pou (post) at Karaka Point in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. The carving depicts the story of the Māori warrior, Kupe and the monstrous octopus, Te Wheke o Muturangi. Kupe had been struggling to save himself from being drowned, and so he gripped onto the northern end of the island Te Waipounamu (what is now known as the South Island). Eventually, he wins the battle by slicing the octopus in half and forming many of New Zealand's landforms.
  • The image is of a petroglyph. It shows shapes and squiggled lines drawn into stone. The shapes resemble an octopus, with tentacles coming from the central body.

    Petroglyph of Octopus

    This work, created by an unknown artist, depicts an octopus carved in rock. Located on Easter Island, this carving relates to the Polynesian mythology regarding the creation of the Pacific Islands, which involved their octopus god, Na Kika.
  • The image shows a sculpture of an octopus. It is mostly red with some black areas throughout. Its tentacles are angled towards one side, with one up by its head.

    Octopus

    This sculpture by Japanese artist Gyokuzan depicts a red and black octopus. It is from the 19th century and may relate to the Japanese tale of Akkorokamui, a giant octopus in the Uchiura Bay, due to its prominent red color.
  • The image shows a painting of a red octopus-like creature with white spots spanning from the middle of its body throughout each of the tentacles, which are spread out through most of the paper. It has a bird-like face, with green around its eye, and a black and red beak. It appears as though it has been cut and repasted onto another paper, and a small paint palette is seen underneath.

    Painting

    This painting portrays an octopus-like creature with bird-like facial features, painted by Martin Mungo. It resembles Kwakwaka'wakw culture and relates to the story of Kumungwe, the god of the undersea world. Stories of Kumugwe discuss heros coming to his residence, filled of wealth and magic. This is often seen guarded by an octopus, and Kumugwe is sometimes even seen to take on an octopus form himself.

  • Roald Amundsen

    "The airship Norge floating above Spitsbergen in 1926 before Roald Amundsen's expedition to the North Pole. Amundsen, Umberto Nobile (the pilot and designer of the airship), and Lincoln Ellsworth flew from Spitsbergen to Alaska, becoming the first people to definitely reach the North Pole." Encyclopædia Britannica
  • The image shows a black and white drawing of a male human-like creature with a fish-like tail in the ocean, with an unclothed woman standing on the land. She is holding a long piece of cloth. The male figure has long hair and a beard and is gesturing his hands toward the woman. Behind them, large mountains and land structures can be seen.

    Glaucus and Scylla (Met. XIII.898-968)

    This drawing by Virgil Solis depicts the Greek myth of Scylla and Glaucus, showing the scene of their initial meeting before Scylla is cursed into a wicked sea monster by her adversary, Circe. Prior to being cursed, she was considered to be a beautiful nypmh.

  • A dead Bryne's whale hanging limply over the bow of a ship

    Photo taken by Mizushima coast guard after ship arrives to port unknowingly carrying dead whale on its bow after collision

  • Carrying Net of Twine made of Vegetable Material

    An abundance of twin that has a lot of knots.

  • Restoring Coral Reefs

    Photograph taken by the Reef Resilience Network of a diver repairing the coral reef by reattaching the coral with cement, nails, and zip ties, after they were illegally removed.

  • Turtle Stuck in Net

    A sea turtle is caught on the shore near the Indian Pacific region. There are a lot of nets entangled with the net that the sea turtle is in. Taken by Jane Dermer.
  • Left, horned serpent having long undulating coils extending across bottom of scene, head facing center, tongue extending from mouth; center, bearded running god, hair hanging at back of neck, wearing headdress, thrusting a sword into the mouth of the serpent

    Tiamat, goddess of saltwater and chaos

    This engraving portrays the monumental battle described in the Babyloninian epic Enuma Elish between the goddess of chaos, Tiamat, and the patron god Marduk. The conflict ended with Tiamat's body being split in half, creating the Earth.
  • Thor stands at the end of a ship holding a chain around his arm that he used to batter the Midgard Serpent, a black sea serpent rising out of the water

    Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent

    This oil painting by artist Henry Fuseli captures the epic battle of the Norse god of thunder, Thor, battling the great sea serpent Jormungandr- also known as the "Midgard Serpent" or the "World Serpent" for its ginormous size. This painting is a depiction of Thor and Jormungandr's final fight, set during Ragnorok.