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Key imagery

The images we have compiled on this page are popular images and are meant to be general representative images of WHOI. There are nearly a half million images to choose from in our database, so below the photos, we've also included links to some popular collections.

These images can be used on the web, for PowerPoint, and MS Word. For higher res photos, please see the shared lightbox in WHOI's Image Management System.

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Aerial of Woods Hole village and the WHOI dock with three vessels.
A zodiak carries a group of WHOI Associates and other ecotourists through an iceberg arch off Antarctica.
Red octopus clinging to Alvin manipulator arm
HOV Alvin recovery operations
Air Sea Interaction Spar in the water just off the R/V Atlantis.
Green turtle swimming over encrusted lava on a Galápagos seamount.
Chimneys found at Piccard hydrothermal vent field.
Researchers on deck preparing a CTD rosette for deployment.
A dish of polychaete worms and one mollusk awaits further sorting.
Strawberry squid, (Histioteuthis reversa)
Researchers carrying an instrument tower into the surf
Divers enter a large underwater cavern on a Red Sea coral reef
Deep-sea shrimp thrive at one of the planet's hottest black smoker hydrothermal vents
ROV Jason operating at the ocean floor.

Other collections in our Image Database include:

Classics Collection
Image of the Day
Stock and Scenery

The WHOI image database assets are intended for use only by WHOI staff for research, personal, and non-commercial activities. Unless otherwise noted, all images are © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and proper (provided) crediting is also required. Any other use is subject to licensing protocols.