Bathymetry of the Kara Sea west of Novaya Zemlya measured in the summer of 1870 by the Norwegian expedition. Published in Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen, 1871.

Temperature in the Kara Sea in summer observed in 1869 and 1870. Published in Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen, 1871.

Bathymetrical Chart of the Oceans - Showing the "Deeps" according to Sir John Murray. Published in Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1899.

An overall perspective of the multibeam sonar data collected over the Mid-Cayman Rise by the Okeanos Explorer. The perspective is looking west-north-west, and Mount Dent is seen in the foreground.

Multibeam 50m grid of the area around Mount Dent collected by the EM302. This and the backscatter image, although generated from the same data file, provide very different information about the same area of the seafloor.

Overview of the working area in the Cayman Trench from Google Earth (lower right) with an arrow showing a detailed oblique view from Smith and Sandwell data bathymetric data.

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A three-dimensional view of the floor of the Mediterranean produced through the auspices of Prince Albert of Monaco in 1917. Published in Revue du Ciel, January 1921, p. 982. The state of knowledge of the Mediterranean Sea at that time.

Reproduction of the large map of the moon by the Abbe Moreux. Published in Revue du Ciel, July 1921, p. 1094. An example of the surface of the moon being better mapped than the floor of the ocean, a situation that exists to this day.

Figure 61 from "Popular Astronomy" by Camille Flammarion translated by J. Ellard Gore; published in 1894. An example of the surface of the moon being better mapped than the floor of the ocean, a situation that exists to this day.

Plate III. Second Cruise of H.M.S. PORCUPINE -1869. Published in "The Depths of the Sea" by C. Wyville Thomson in 1873. Prolific life forms were brought to the surface from dredge station 37 in 2435 fathoms depth exploding forever the 300-fathom azoic theory of Edward Forbes and paving the way for the British Government to support the CHALLENGER Expedition.

Map accompanying first edition of IHO Publication Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23.

Map accompanying second edition of IHO Publication Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23.

First attempt to draw a profile of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. In: Maury's 1853 edition of Wind and Current Charts.

First bathymetric map ever produced. Map of floor of North Atlantic Ocean in Maury's 1853 edition of Wind and Current Charts.

Bathymetric map of North Atlantic Ocean showing the track of H.M.S. CHALLENGER produced in 1873 by Augustus Petermann and published in Petermann's Geographische Mitheilungen for 1873, Map 24.

Western portion of profile of North Atlantic Ocean published in "Evolution of Earth Structure" by T.M. Reade, 1903. P. 86.

Eastern portion of profile of North Atlantic Ocean published in "Evolution of Earth Structure" by T.M. Reade, 1903. P. 86.

Endangered sea turtle cruises a coral reef in the Florida Keys.

Sharks are a valuable fishery for their fins, a delicacy in the Orient.

Ocean sunfish floats serenely in midwater. Mola mola.

School of myctophid midwater fish are important prey for game fish.

Bass photographed by ROV in Lake Malawi, Africa.

Salmon spawning in a northwest U.S. hatchery.

Cunner inhabit a rocky reefs in New England.

School of northern anchovies make great sardines. Engraulis mordax.

Northern anchovies are important prey for marine mammals and game fish

School of yellow fin tuna, hunted and hunter along the Gulf Stream. Thunnus albacares.

Amberjack are a common sight on Carolina artificial reefs. Seriola dumerili.

Small gobie scavenges on remains of a tiny clam.

French angelfish are common on shallow tropical reefs. Pomacanthus paru.

Blue chromis use corals for refuge from larger predators. Chromis cyaneus.

Tilefish live in burrows, sometimes forming undersea Pueblo villages. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps.

Goosefish laying camoflaged on a northern rocky reef. Lophius americanus.

Yellow-headed wrasse hover over brain coral. Halichoeres garnoti.

Brain corals are an important reef building species throughout the tropics. Diploria sp.

Bank sea bass pick through the rubble near temperate reefs. Centropristis sp.

Rock fish blends in with soft coral cover.

Rat-tail, also known as a grenadier. These bony fish inhabit sandy plains along the continental slope. Grenadier belong to the family Macrouridae and are gadiformes (cod-like fishes).

Balloonfish deflated and resting. Diodon holocanthus.

Manta ray rises from the sand at the base of a Carolina reef.

Northern tilefish inspects its deep sea burrow off New England. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps.

Nassau grouper ambushes its prey on Caribbean coral reefs. Epinephelus striatus.

Blackbar soldierfish huddle within a coral reef nook. Myripristus jacobus.

Yelloweye rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, is a species in a common genus of Pacific rockfish.

Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, are an important commercial and recreational fish species.

Wolf-eels, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, have powerful jaws for crushing bivalves.

Bat-fish, wearing too much make-up, poses to intimidate. Ogcocephalus parvus.