These 15 award-winning photos celebrate the beauty, power, and importance of the world's oceans and marine life.
This year’s photo contest featured five categories exploring this year’s theme, “Awaken new depths.” The winners unveiled at today’s UN World Oceans Day 2024 event at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, were selected by a panel of renowned judges, including photographer Tom St. George, explorer Julia Gugelmeier, photographer Mohamed Rifshan Shaheem, and photographer Mayumi Takeuchi-Ebbins. The five jurors picked the top three winners in each category from thousands of entries.
“I traveled to Baja California hoping to witness the Mobula munkiana aggregation. One day we found a vortex of them in deep, blue waters,” says the winning photographer, Taryn Schulz. “They were circling and swimming in union. It felt like a beautiful, hypnotic dance. Seeing such big aggregations can lead to think that their populations are doing well. Unfortunately, Mobula munkiana are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list.
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