2019 Get Into Your Sanctuary Photo Contest results

Thank you to all the photographers who shared their view of national marine sanctuaries with us! Click each photograph to see the full version.

Please note that we may use any of the photos we received for this contest on our website, on social media, and in other NOAA and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation publications. We will provide credit to photographers whenever we use any of the photos. Organizations other than NOAA and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation may use photographs submitted in this contest to promote sustainable and responsible activities in the National Marine Sanctuary System, as long as the photographer is credited. These photos are not for sale and are not for commercial use unless prior permission is arranged.

Sanctuary Views

See the beauty of the National Marine Sanctuary System through visitors' eyes.

coral reef with sea anemone — **1st Place: Tiffany Duong.** Molasses Reef, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Tiffany Duong

a rocky beach — **2nd Place: Anne Mary Schaefer.** Bowling Ball Beach, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.

small fox silhouetted by the sunset — **3rd place: Dustin Harris.** Island fox on Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

All submitted photos

rock arch over the ocean — Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Mary Byrd

view of the underside of a pier stretching into the ocean — Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Kyle Emery

sunrise over the ocean and islands — Potato Harbor Overlook Trail, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Kendra Chan

island with a lighthouse on top — Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sarah Raskin

boats in a harbor — Pelican Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Dino R. Dal Bon

underside of a pier stretching into the ocean — Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sarah Raskin

sand dunes — Sand dunes on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Chuck Graham

sea caves from a boat — Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Mark LeVander

a hill covered in flowers — Superbloom on Santa Cruz Island overlooking Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sarah Raskin

an island covered in flowers — Superbloom on Santa Cruz Island overlooking Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sarah Raskin

view of the ocean from high up on an island — Anacapa Island from Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Chuck Graham

view of the ocean from high up on a rocky coastline — Cathedral Cove, Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sarah Raskin

fish over a large coral head — East Flower Garden Bank, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Scott Bauer

fish over many corals — West Flower Garden Bank, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Scott Bauer

a spit of land between two bodies of water — Dry Tortugas National Park near Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Alicia K. Bishop

mangrove roots above and below water — Key Largo, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Olivia Williamson

sailboat at sunset — Key West, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Jessica Hogan

bright blue water beneath gray skies — Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sabrina Snyder

the ocean through an opening in a brick wall — Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Ron Bozuhoski

bull kelp on beach — Manchester Beach, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Anne Mary Schaefer

ocean and rocky cliffs — Sea Ranch, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Pauline Scott

driftwood on a beach — Driftwood at Sea Ranch, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Pauline Scott

creek leading into the ocean — Moat Creek Beach, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Anne Mary Schaefer

sandpipers at a beach — Sandpipers at sunset at Manchester Beach, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Anne Mary Schaefer

sunset over rocks and waves — Sunset at Schooner Gulch Beach, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Anne Mary Schaefer

driftwood on a beach at sunset — Sunset at Manchester Beach, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Anne Mary Schaefer

tide pools — Tide pools at Sea Ranch, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Pauline Scott

hawaiian fishpond — Traditional Hawaiian fishpond, Kīhei, Maui, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Michele Paularena

a small harbor — Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Michele Paularena

rainbow over a beach — A rainbow in Maui, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Jeff Moore

rainbow over outrigger canoers — An early morning rainbow greets an outrigger canoe crew in Maui, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Jeff Moore

black and white photo of the big sur coastline — Big Sur's rugged coastline, along Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Douglas Croft

waves along a beach — Carmel River State Beach, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Zachary Cole Weston

foggy, rocky coastline — Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Megan Crabtree

birds on a beach with fog in the background — Carmel River State Beach, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Peggy Langford

a sunlit kelp forest — Kelp forest at Point Lobos, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sabrina Wong

river flowing into the ocean — The Little Sur River meets the ocean in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Douglas Croft

bird flying over the ocean — Lovers Point, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Jacob Ahee

a view of fog from a coastline — The marine layer in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Daryll Carlson

view of monterey bay as seen from space — Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary as seen from the edge of space via a weather balloon. Photo: Bryan Chan

pier — Monterey Harbor, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Zachary Cole Weston

fog over the ocean — Fog in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Zachary Cole Weston

boat ramp into a harbor — Monterey Harbor, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Zachary Cole Weston

boats moored in a harbor — Monterey Harbor, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Zachary Cole Weston

jellies under a pier — Sea nettles swarm under Monterey Wharf in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Bruce Sudweeks

old fisherman's wharf — Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Wendy Brickman

cliffs and the ocean at sunset — Sunset at Point Lobos, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Douglas Croft

sunset over a beach — Sunset at Seacliff State Beach, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Sierra Rose Garcia

lighthouse — Walton Lighthouse, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Megan Crabtree

waves crashing on rocks — Carmel River State Beach, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Peggy Langford

coral reef — Corals in Fagatele Bay, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Photo: Kevin Hollerbach

a large coral head — Corals in Fagatele Bay, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Photo: Kevin Hollerbach

rocky cliffs over the ocean — Cape Flattery, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Laura Curtz

rocky outcroppings extending above the ocean — La Push, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Laura Curtz

flowers and other plants in front of lake huron — Lake Huron, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Michelle Markowski

aerial view of a research vessel in lake huron — Researchers from NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) float above the Middle Island Sinkhole in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary on the R/V *Storm*. Photo: David J. Ruck

people prepping an ROV from a research vessel — Researchers from NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) deploy instruments from the R/V *Storm* to study the Middle Island Sinkhole in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: David J. Ruck

sunset over a lake — Presque Isle, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Kathryn Bitzer

sunset over the thunder bay river — Thunder Bay River, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Michelle Markowski

Please note that we may use any of the photos we received for this contest on our website, on social media, and in other NOAA and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation publications. We will provide credit to photographers whenever we use any of the photos. Organizations other than NOAA and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation may use photographs submitted in this contest to promote sustainable and responsible recreation in the National Marine Sanctuary System. These photos are not for sale and are not for commercial use unless prior permission is arranged.