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1987 (age 36–37) Oahu, Hawaii. Occupation (s) Conservationist and Model. Website. Ocean Ramsey.com. Ocean Ramsey is a freediver and model. [1][2] She operates One Ocean Diving, LLC, a company based in Hawaii that facilitates dives with marine life. [3] She gained international media attention for free diving with sharks, including great white ...
One of the largest great white sharks recorded. Weight. Estimated >2,000 kg (4,400 lb) Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long or larger and is now sixty years old. She is believed to be one of the largest ever recorded in history. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) (roughly / p ɑː p ɑː ˈ h ɑː n aʊ m oʊ k u ˌ ɑː k eɪ. ə / [2]) is a World Heritage listed U.S. National Monument encompassing 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km 2) of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Scientists say they still don't understand the full extent of the damage the Maui wildfires did to the corals and marine ecosystem off the west coast of the island. After an initial blaze sparked ...
Website. mauioceancenter.com. The Maui Ocean Center is an aquarium and oceanography center located in Maalaea, Hawaii, on the island of Maui. [4] Opened on March 13, 1998, by Coral World International, the 3 acres (1.2 ha) facility is the largest living tropical reef aquarium in the Western Hemisphere. Their exhibits include colorful displays ...
Molokini is a destination for scuba diving, snuba, and snorkeling. Its crescent shape protects divers inside it from waves and the channel's powerful currents, though diving also takes place off the 300-foot (91.5-meter) sheer outer wall. In the morning, when winds are calmer, smaller tour boats also take guests to snorkel off the outer wall.
Ocean color is the branch of ocean optics that specifically studies the color of the water and information that can be gained from looking at variations in color. The color of the ocean, while mainly blue, actually varies from blue to green or even yellow, brown or red in some cases. [1] This field of study developed alongside water remote ...
The Sirena Deep, originally named the HMRG Deep, was discovered in 1997 [1][2] by a team of scientists from Hawaii. [2] Its directly measured depth of 10,714 m (35,151 ft) is third only to the Challenger Deep and Horizon Deep, currently the deepest known directly measured places in the ocean. [3][4][5] It lies along the Mariana Trench, 200 ...