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Image Media
Audio Media
Film Media
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Mulimedia Resources:
Featured Ocean Images
Wolcott Henry
Wolcott Henry is the photographer behind all images featured on
the Seas the Day calendar and website.
Among many other things, he is also a contract photographer for
the National Geographic Society. Wolcott has been a professional
underwater photographer for nearly a decade and spends considerable
time both above and underwater shooting examples of the wonderful
diversity of life, as well as the human impacts on the ocean and
coral reefs in particular.
The National Biological Information Infrastructure Digital Image Library
A growing library of diverse, well-documented images (30,000 and counting)
of nature and the environment. The library links images to detailed information
about the featured species, habitat, etc. Contributed by photographers and
organizations, most images are freely available for use.
EcoLibrary
Through EcoLibrary you can freely use rich images that have been proven to be useful
in helping people of all ages learn about the environment, conservation, and ecology.
EcoLibrary currently contains several hundred annotated photographs that illustrate
key concepts. As the site grows maps, sounds, panoramas, and interactive exercises
will be added.
ARKive
ARKive hails itself as the "Noah's Ark for the Internet era" -
the world's centralised digital library of films, photographs
and associated recordings of species. For each species, ARKive
is digitizing footage, stills, and sound recordings to compile
a complete profile of the species' characteristic behavior and
appearance.
Marine
Photo Bank
This site allows photographers to donate their marine photos for
use by non-profit environmental organizations. The site has several
categories of photographs, most of which focus on human impacts
on the oceans.
NASA
Space Shuttle Earth Observations Photography Database
This database contains over 400,000 images acquired by astronauts,
including coastal areas, water habitats, geographic regions, etc.
Each image is available in three resolutions and includes a cataloguing
data and a caption.
Photovalet
This extensive database includes dozens of striking photographs
of coral, but you can also search for photographs of other marine
life.
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