It was world ocean day yesterday, so here's some imagery from our Ocean I've had the immense privilege to capture and share...
1: Isbjørn (polar bear) reflected in a sea ice lead. The Arctic is a world of two Ocean states - solid and liquid, both playing their part.
2: Minke whale surfacing through sea ice to breathe. The Antarctic is seasonally also a world of solid Ocean, an ephemeral landscape. Half a planet away yet still deeply connected...
3: A spectacular Ocean/land interface at Point Perpendicular, on the east coast of Australia. The conversation over aeons of rock and sea is incredibly present here...
4: Sunset off Zanzibar - it's easy here to see how the Ocean shapes us. Both for subsistence and really just being.
5: the Ocean made solid. A sea ice core under cross polarized light, showing it's crystal structure - which is a history of how it was made, in turn a story about the state of the Ocean at the time.
All of these are connected, each a part of the Ocean system. What happens in Zanzibar makes it's way to the poles, what happens at the poles impacts our coastlines, our interactions, our stories.
The Ocean connects us all...
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