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Science Photography { 21 images } Created 8 Aug 2013

Science photography by National Geographic Creative photographer Jonathan Kingston.
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  • View of the air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory or MLO.  MLO is located on the north flank of the Mauna Loa Volcano at an altitude of 11,135 feet above sea level and has been continuously monitering and collecting data related to climate change, atmospheric composition and airquality since the 1950's.  MLO's location situates it in a prime spot for sampling the Earth's background air in the well mixed free troposphere.  Today, the observatory is best known for its measurements of rising anthropognic carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.  This trend is sometimes referred to as the "Keeling Curve". A one hour, five minute long exposure produces star trails, or circular paths of the stars around the celestial poles due to the earths rotation. (130 separate exposures of 30 seconds duration each are stitched together in this frame).
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  • A shadowgraph of a bullet being fired through piano wire and the resulting bullet bow shockwave.
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  • Dr. Joan Baker, a scientist at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, conducts a skeletal analysis of the remains of a soldier to establish a positive identification.  Lab scientists use a variety of techniques to establish the identification of missing Americans, including analysis of skeletal and dental remains, sampling mitochondrial DNA, and analyzing material evidence, personal effects and life support equipment.  The command was activated on Oct. 1, 2003, created from the merger of the 30-year-old U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, and the 11-year-old Joint Task Force - Full Accounting.  The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts.   On average, JPAC identifies about six MIAs each month.  To date, the U.S. government has identified over 1,400 individuals. (Model Released)
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  • Soldiers mud caked boots, referred to as material evidence, recovered from a WWII battlefield awaiting forensic analysis in JPAC's Central Identification Laboratory on Oahu, Hawaii. Material evidence from an excavation site in the laboratory of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, or JPAC, Hickam Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii.  Lab scientists use a variety of techniques to establish the identification of missing Americans, including analysis of skeletal and dental remains, sampling mitochondrial DNA, and analyzing material evidence, personal effects and life support equipment.  The command was activated on Oct. 1, 2003, created from the merger of the 30-year-old U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, and the 11-year-old Joint Task Force - Full Accounting.  The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts.  On average, JPAC identifies about six MIAs each month.  To date, the U.S. government has identified over 1,400 individuals.
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  • The Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy, Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii.
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  • Archaeologist Frederick Hanselmann and Juan Giermo hand fan sand to uncover part of the Encarnación, a 17th century cargo vessel that was part of the Spanish Tierra Firme fleet near Colon, Panama.
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  • Archaeologists Christopher Horrell and Vicente Cortez take a baseline measurement of the Encarnación, a 17th century shipwreck discovered during an expedition looking for Henry Morgan's lost fleet of 1671 in Panama.
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  • A 17th century cannon found on a shipwreck in Panama.
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  • 17th century cargo seals found on the shipwreck of the Encarnación, a cargo vessel that was part of the Spanish Tierra Firme fleet in Panama. The seals were usually used to secure bolts of fabric for transport, and were discovered while searching for Henry Morgan's lost flagship Satisfaction and are in conservation at the Patronato Panama Viejo museum in Panama City, Panama.
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  • Lightning strikes over the remains of Fort San Lorenzo, Panama.
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  • MOLOKAI, HI - Boardwalk, ferns and moss covered trees of the Pepeopae Bog in the Kamakou Nature Preserve on Molokai, Hawaii. The hiking trail in the preserve is built out of 2x4 boards and corrugated metal to keep hikers from damaging the fragile bog ecosystem that lives in this part of the island.  The rain forest of Kamakou Preserve lies near the summit of Molokai's highest mountain. Here you will find more than 250 species of Hawaiian plants - at least 219 of which can be found nowhere else in the world.
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  • A fern in the Kamakou preserve, Molokai, Hawaii. Over 200 plants in the Kamakou preserve can be found nowhere else in the world.
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  • Visualization of the Coriolis effect demonstrated in a long exposure with a simulated Foucault pendulm.
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  • The Lidar laser and air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii.  Lidar is used for long term monitoring of the stratospheric aerosol layer and can detect changes of airborne particulate matter such as airborne volcanic ash.  Stratospheric aerosols cool the earth by reflecting light back into space.
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  • Friendly mother and calf Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary in Maui, Hawaii. NOTICE MUST ACCOMPANY PUBLICATION: Photo obtained under NMFS Permit #753.
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  • Marine archaeologists use a underwater dredge to move sediments off what they believe is a 16th century anchor from Hernan Cortes scuttled fleet in the Gulf of Mexico.  The dredge acts like a giant vacuum cleaner creating suction by sucking water in from the surface and forcing it down a long tube to the bottom of the ocean where a venturi effect creates suction.  In the photo, a engine attached to the yellow hose is forcing water down from the surface and the blue hose is moving sediments away from the excavation site. Photo by, Jonathan Kingston/National Geographic Creative
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  • Dr. Frederick Hanselmann SCUBA dives down the dredge line while a team on the surface monitors the dredge engine.  The team is searching for Hernan Cortes scuttled fleet of 1519 in the Gulf of Mexico.  The dredge is used to move sediment off of promising anomalies discovered during a magnetometer survey of the ocean floor. Photo by, Jonathan Kingston/National Geographic Creative
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  • A view of the air sampling tower at the Mauna Loa Observatory. At 11,135 feet above sea level, the observatory is often above the clouds that can envelop the Big Island of Hawaii.
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  • Retired NOAA employee John Chin stands in front of a map of the Mauna Loa Observatorys location at NOAA's Hilo office in Hawaii.  John Chin was a very important scientist at MLO.  For years he worked with the world-famous carbon dioxide record initiated by Dave Keeling.
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  • Marine archaeologists Dr. Chris Horrell and Dr. Frederick Hanselmann use a underwater high pressure hose to move surface sediment off what they believe is a 16th century anchor from Hernan Cortes scuttled fleet in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by, Jonathan Kingston/National Geographic Creative
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  • Marine archaeologist Dr. Frederick Hanselmann inspects an object found during the excavation of what is believed to be a 16th century anchor from Hernan Cortes scuttled fleet in the Gulf of Mexico.  During underwater excavation, the visibility often drops to less than a foot due to the large amount of sediments that are dislodged into the water column. Photo by, Jonathan Kingston/National Geographic Creative
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