1st place: Jeremy Potter
The science team descends onto the ice below in a manlift during the NOAA-sponsored "Hidden Ocean" cruise to study marine life in all realms of the Canada Basin, 2005.
2nd place: Andrea Holz
Children observing an interactive flood forecast model at the National Weather Service offices in Chanhassen, Minnesota, August 2006.
3rd place: Holly Fearnbach
SPLASH humpback cruise in Alaska, summer/fall 2004.
Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention: Philip Hall
Surveyor working in Antarctica at the Gerlach Strait, 1994.
Honorable Mention: Joseph Sutorik
Sun setting behind Flatiron Mountains near the solar observatory in Boulder, Colorado, 1968.
Honorable Mention: David Csepp
Winter shot of Auke Bay Harbor, Alaska, 2005.
Honorable Mention: Claire Johnson
A Hawaiian green sea turtle comes in for a closer look in the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
Honorable Mention: Philip Hall
Chinstrap penguins of Seal Island, Antarctica, 1994.
Honorable Mention: Laura Morse
View from the NOAA ship David Starr Jordan during the STAR cruise, September 2006.
Honorable Mention: Linda Shaw
Jennifer Mondragon and Susan Walker of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region examine a shrimp caught during a research project. Hanus Bay, Alaska, July 2006.