1361-258 - Small boats in the port of the colourful fishing village of Ponza, Ponza island, Pontine islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, Latina Province, Latium (Lazio), Italy, Europe
1228-274 - Sunset over Whitby harbour, pier and lighthouse as a small fishing boat comes into the harbour, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
832-393756 - Small fishing boat in front of huge icebergs and drift ice, seagulls circling around the boat, drift ice, winter, Disko Bay, Ilulissat, West Greenland, Denmark, Europe
832-390612 - Fishing boat and small Greek Orthodox white church with red roof, Old Port of Mykonos, Chora, Mykonos Town, Mykonos, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
785-2412 - Fisherman on small boat, Strait of Malacca with Thai island of Ko Tarutao from Datai Bay Beach (Pantai Teluk Datai), Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
1317-9 - Sunset from Front beach, Vung Tau with pink clouds and small fishing boats in the foreground, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
860-287450 - Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos
785-2228 - Traditional fishing boat moored at Marigot Bay with tall palms on the small beach in the distance, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, West Indies Caribbean, Central America
1167-1529 - Commercial fishing boat and small forested island, rare summer sun, Sitka Sound, Sitka, Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America
1167-1527 - Commercial fishing boat and small forested islands, rare summer sun, Sitka Sound, Sitka, Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America
746-88289 - Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, a small island close to the Isle of Harris. Only the construction of a bridge to Harris saved the population of Scalpay. Without the bridge, the island would habe been abandoned, an example of successfull rural regional development in Scotland. Europe, Scotland, July
1263-17 - A small fishing boat sits in the reflection of the Old Town (stari grad) of Kotor in Kotor Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Montenegro, Europe
1263-19 - A small fishing boat sits in the reflection of the Old Town (stari grad) of Kotor in Kotor Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Montenegro, Europe
832-260653 - Small fishing boats in the port of Marina Corta in front of the castle hill in the city of Lipari on Lipari Island, Aeolian or Lipari Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, South Italy, Italy, Europe
832-260657 - Small fishing boats and houses in the port of Marina Corta in the city of Lipari on Lipari Island, Aeolian or Lipari Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, South Italy, Italy, Europe
832-260656 - Small fishing boats and houses in the port of Marina Corta in the city of Lipari on Lipari Island, Aeolian or Lipari Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, South Italy, Italy, Europe