- National Severe Storms Laboratory Collection
A special collection of over 200 images. Many tornado images, other severe storms, scientific equipment, etc., from the National Severe Storms laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. Many of these images were acquired at significant risk to the photographers.
- National Weather Service Collection
Over 2500 images that document the work of the National Weather Service and its service to communities across America. View historical tornadoes and hurricanes, rare weather phenomena, the evolution of equipment that allows our meteorologists observe and predict the weather and then communicate their warnings and predictions to the citizens of our land.
- Voyage to Inner Space -- Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collection
Join undersea explorers on their quest for knowledge of the sea from the coastal ocean to the abyss. Over 3600 images including spectacular views of ocean creatures and their habitats, erupting seafloor volcanoes, chemosynthetic vent communities, and modern technologies. Trace the evolution of our knowledge of the oceans through images from historic expeditions as well as the growth in knowledge of the nature of the seafloor from historic maps, profiles and diagrams.
- Sailing for Science -- Then and Now Collection
Have you ever wondered what life must be like on a survey ship, fisheries research ship, or oceanographic ship. Don’t forget looking at the small boat work as well! This collection of over 1900 images documents the ships and boats of the NOAA of today and those of its ancestor agencies including the many historic ships that had been operated by NOAA’s ancestor agencies including the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. See the ships, men and women conducting the ocean work of NOAA, images of people working etc. This album even includes contributed images from other organizations that help us understand what life and work on the water is like….
- Historic Fisheries Collection
Over 2000 images including nearly 700 etchings, 300 colored plates, and 1000 photographs document Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century fisheries works in the United States. This collection, besides documenting various species of marine mammals, fish, and shellfish also is a cornucopia of cultural information concerning our coastal fishing communities.
- Flying With NOAA Collection
Buckle your seat belts and join NOAA's pilots as they journey among the clouds. It might get a little rough as they journey into hurricanes, seek out thunderstorms, and make sure the de-icing systems are working for winter cyclones as they intentionally fly into weather systems to conduct research os others may fly safely. For all you beach goers, they also have the enviable job of photographing and mapping our national shoreline with a variety of imaging and remote sensing systems. Over 800 images document the work of the NOAA folks and their ancestors who have flown for science….
- NOAA In Space Collection
Over 500 images giving a pictorial history of NOAA's satellite program including remarkable satellite imagery of storms, weather systems, and other phenomena; satellites and their launches; and the ground stations that make it possible to capture vast amounts of data produced by the satellites and help produce weather forecasts and warnings for our Nation….
- Paths Less Taken -- NOAA At the Ends of the Earth Collection
Share the wonders of our planet as scientists, sailors, pilots, divers, and other members of the NOAA family lead you on a journey to the ends of the Earth. Over 1800 images ranging from Antarctica to the Arctic showing ice in many of its forms ranging from bergy bits to the great ice shelfs of Antarctica, ice caves, spectacular polar sunsets and sunrises, the aurora in its glory, and the lucky (sometimes) NOAA personnel who work in these remote areas. Oh! – halfway between the poles are remote tropical islands with swaying palm trees, huge colonies of birds, and literally life of their own including monk seals, iguanas, and tortoises. Visit these remote specks of land lost in azure seas with NOAA scientists and surveyors ….
- It's A Small World Collection
NOAA and its predecessor agencies have worked with scientists from many lands and visited seaports and interior areas of most of Earth’s continents during the course of their work and travels. This collection features over 800 images from far away and exotic locations such as the People's Republic of China, the Red Sea region, the catacombs of Lima, and other places where NOAA personnel work and visit.
- NOAA's Ark Collection
Over 900 images document a virtual boatload of fins, fur, and feathers. Whales, seals, sea lions, and sea birds galore adorn this album. Also the occasional bird, mammal, and reptile that lives in our coastal regions has found its way into this collection.
- Coral Kingdom Collection
Over 2200 breath-taking photos of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, far western Pacific, Caribbean, and Red Sea reefs are found in this collection. Also disturbing images of coral reef bleaching, dead and dying reefs, and trash-strewn reefs that help document coral reefs under stress. And some of the first reef images from the United States – drawings from Louis Agassiz’s 1851 expedition for the Coast Survey to the Florida Reef.
- Sanctuaries Collection
Almost 200 images from the Nation's National Marine Sanctuaries. These areas have all been set aside because of their natural beauty, diversity of marine life, unique habitats, or cultural treasures.
- National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR) Collection
Explore the 27 reserves through this 900 image photo collection and experience the splendor and tranquility of our nation's estuaries. View the marine life and terrestrial flora and fauna that make each of these reserves unique study areas that help scientists and policy makers understand and protect the thousands of acres of estuaries that are found along our shores.
- America's Coastline Collection
Nearly 4000 breathtaking images document America’s coastline from the Northern Alaska to Maine. Visit the sandy coasts, the rocky coasts, the swampy coasts, and the built-up coasts. Go back in time to see early artists and surveyors views of our Nineteenth Century coastline. Explore this great pageant of 95,000 miles of American coastline.
- NOAA Restoration Center Collection
View over 1600 images that document NOAA's Restoration Center as it works to restore damaged areas along America's coastline from the coral reefs of the Caribbean to salmon streams of the Pacific Northwest. Visit the projects, view the videos, and join NOAA as it works to improve our coastal environment.
- Fisheries Collection
Join America’s fisheries scientists as they work to protect our fisheries by studying marine ecoystems with their various fish species, types of habitat, and the fishing techniques used to harvest the bounty of the sea. View over 3200 images of fisheries work on our shores and throughout the World ocean.
- Geodesy Collection
Join NOAA as it surveys the United States and, at least in the case of the satellite triangulation program, the whole Earth...
- Coast & Geodetic Survey Collection
Over 4,500 images documenting the work and accomplishments of the oldest science agency of the U.S. Formed in 1807, the Coast and Geodetic Survey surveyed a Nation determining the positions of over 1,000,000 points that serve as the backbone of our national mapping and surveying, produced billions of copies of nautical charts that have guide mariners in and out of our ports since the 1840’s, pioneered geophysics in the United States, and mapped our continental margins.
- Treasures of the Library Collection
Nearly 800 images are found in the Treasures of the Library collection and include works of art, early scientific and surveying instruments, nautical charts and shore views from the Nineteenth Century, mythical and real beasts of land and sea, and views from the far ends of the Earth as first seen by European explorers.
- Art of the NOAA Photo Library Collection
Over 800 selected images of art residing in the Photo Library including etchings, paintings, embossed book covers, sculpture, as well as the patterns, reflections, and textures found in nature and the daily work of NOAA.
- NOAA People -- Portraits in Time Collection
Nearly 800 images of NOAA’s ancestors at work, at play, formally posing, and not so formally posing. These are some of the men and women who built the foundation of the NOAA of today.
- Beginnings and Endings Collection
Nearly 150 selected images showing sunrises, sunsets, moonbeams and even a little moonshine. Antarctic, Arctic, tropical, and many points in between are encompassed in these spectacular images.
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