This assignment will help you to become aware of your surroundings and to record oceanographic observations with a camera.

It is also a research project. Once you have the pictures, you will need to explain what you have observed, in technically correct language, citing your references within the text, and with a list of cited references at the end of your report.

You don't have to be a professional photographer or a camera expert to do this project. You just have to keep an eye out for oceanographic features. The assignment is as follows:

• You need to prepare and submit a photo album that includes, at a minimum, ten (10) subjects from the list below, or other subjects.
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• You must shoot the photos yourself, and be able to provide either the film negatives or the orginal files from the camera memory which contains EXIF information.
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• You will need a camera, either digital or film. If you do not own a camera, you may borrow a friend's or use a disposable version. Don't even think of submitting images from your camera phone!
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• If you aren't already comfortable with the technology involved in this sort of work, you may be better off doing the research paper instead.
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• If done correctly, it's much more work than it might appear to be at first glance, but you will learn a great deal!
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• The photo album presentation is up to your imagination (so be creative), but you must include the following items for each photo included:
• • clear (i.e.: in-focus, well-composed, well-exposed) illustration of the oceanographic feature or process
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  • name of oceanographic feature or process
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  • date and location in which you took the photo (small index map might help)
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  • clear labeling directly on the photo to help distinguish the feature
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  • type-written caption (at least one paragraph) describing the feature and generally how it was formed (write it so that someone without a knowledge of oceanography will be able to understand it)
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  • VALID reference, in proper APA format

Features: (check your text and/or elsewhere for definitions)