Images & Videos
 Please use these downloadable images and video clips below for educational presentations, programs, and products designed to create awareness about the importance of Florida's seagrass meadows. The images are formatted as jpegs and a high resolution version is provided whenever possible. A description for each image is provided in the downloadable "Readme" file.
The images are divided into subject categories:
Note: Please give credit to agency and photographer. These images were provided for educational purposes and may not be copyrighted.
Images
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Seagrass scenes/close-ups (uninjured grass)
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Closeup of turtle grass (wide blades) and Manatee grass (cylindrical blades)
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Closeup of turtle grass
Photo credit: Paige Gill, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Manatee grass with some algal growth on the grassblades
Photo credit: Nancy, Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Turtle grass with manatee grass
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Turtle grass with some manatee grass
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Turtle grass with manatee grass
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Mixed grassbed (turtle grass and manatee grass) with conch shell
Photo credit: Heather Dine, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Mixed grassbed (turtle grass and manatee grass)
Photo credit: Heather Dine, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Shoal grass in very shallow water
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Seed from a turtle grass plant, next to penny to show size
Photo credit: Florida Park Service
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Fish, Corals, & other animal inhabitants
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Gorgonian corals and mixed seagrass bed (mostly manatee grass)
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Gorgonians, seagrass, and scrawled cowfish
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Live queen conch with eyes protruding, in grassbed
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Live sea biscuit (echinoderm), covered with turtle grass and shells
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marines Sanctuary
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Loggerhead sponge, swimming Caribbean reef squid, mixed species grassbed
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Caribbean reef squid swimming over mixed grassbed
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Smooth trunkfish over mixed grassbed
Photo credit: Alex Harber, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Yellow stingray in grassbed
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Caribbean pink tipped anemone in seagrass
Photo credit: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Scrawled cowfish in grassbed
Photo credit: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Cushion starfish or Bahamian Starfish or sea star
Photo credit: Florida Park Service
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Rainbow parrotfish over grassbed
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Flats and mangroves (above water images)
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Seagrass flat at low tide
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Great white heron on seagrass flats at low tide
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Red mangrove trees along shoreline
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Red mangrove tree with prop roots in the water
Photo credit: Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Flats Fishing
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Flats fishing guide with angler
Photo credit: Amy Massey, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Anglers releasing bonefish in the shallows
Photo credit: John Halas, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Grounded Boats, prop scars and blowholes
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Video Clips taken in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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To download the free QuickTime Player go to apple.com/quicktime/download
- Video Description Document
- Minnows in seagrass, hardbottom community
- Hogfish in turtle grass, swimming
- Southern stingray, (shot from boat), swimming
- Queen conch in grass, close-up of eyes
- Queen conch v1 upside down in grassbed, close-up of foot and mantle tissue
- Close-up of a pink-tipped anemone in seagrass
- Mixed seagrass bed, moving through the grass close-up
- School of fish over grassbed (mixed species), hardbottom – lots of fish
- Nurse shark, (shot from boat), swimming
- Close-up of a rose coral in seagrass
- Manatee grass bed, barracuda swimming away
- Turtle grass – short shoot with rhizomes, leaves, and rootlets
- Comet sea star, pink-tipped anemone in manatee grass
Video PSAs
Four 30-second video PSAs were produced and may be viewed using Windows Media player. Higher resolution versions suitable for distribution to broadcast and cable TV companies are available by contacting the SOP at floridakeys@noaa.gov.
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