Storm brewing
A tropical storm brews in this beautiful but haunting photo taken from a hotel balcony at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Feather Star
This is a type of Crinoid called a Feather star, a bizarre walking plant-like creature which live for about 1 year at a time. Crinoids have been around for more than 530 million years!
Square Waves
This beautiful pattern of square waves taken at the Phares des Baleines in France is actually quite dangerous! This natural phenomenon is known as a cross swell or cross sea, and occurs when two different wave patterns collide. Photo by Michel Griffon.
High-Speed Photography of Sea Foam
Taken on Coomeenole Beach in West Kerry, Ireland, photographer Ger Kelliher captured this high-speed photograph of sea foam that looks like a marbleized sculpture or some delicious whipped cream topping.
Little Sea Turtle
A cute, little sea turtle checking out the coral and surrounding sea life in the ocean near Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. Image by Ryan Kartzke | Used with permission via the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.