![Blue ocean, apparently seen from the rear of a boat, under a blue sky.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2018/06/ocean-apr27-2020-Cidy-Chai-North-Pacific-scaled-e1591491800783.jpeg)
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Cindy Chai wrote from the North Pacific Ocean: “Smell the sea and feel the sky! During the COVID 19 period, many people can’t get out of their home due to lock down, so I think I’m lucky because I still get to see the ocean everyday due to my job on sea.” Thank you, Cindy.
World Oceans Day – a global day of ocean celebration – takes place every year on June 8. The World Ocean Project first organized the day as a time to celebrate the oceans and take steps to protect ocean health. This year’s theme is Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean.
Find out more about World Oceans Day 2020
![A sandy beach, blue-green ripples rolling in under a blue sky with complex clouds.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2018/06/ocean-Kim-Cronan-Wabasso-Beach-FL-dec18-2018-scaled-e1591491613364.jpeg)
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Kim Cronan of Wabasso Beach, Florida, sent in this photo and wrote, “Taken while enjoying a typically gorgeous December day in South Florida and the Atlantic Ocean’s amazing shades of blue.” Thanks, Kim!
![Clouds over a gray sea with a veil of rain on the right of the image.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2018/06/ocean-Kevan-Hubbard-Durham-England-e1591492024652.jpg)
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Kevan Hubbard at Seaton Carew in County Durham, England, wrote: “A window in the clouds with rain heading to the Yorkshire Moors.” Thank you, Kevan.
![Rocky coast and incoming waves all in shades of pink, purple, and mauve.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2016/06/dorset-sunset-beach-e1496840931396.jpg)
West Bay, Dorset, at sunset. Image via Roger Morgan.
![View straight along rocky breakwater with dot of light at end in dark twilight sky.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2016/06/bay-of-bengal-e1496841096401.jpg)
“Into the Bay of Bengal” by Karthik Easvur.
![Thin ice on sea surface under lowering cloudy sky.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2018/06/ocean-ice-Nordreisa-Norwawy-Tommy-Richardsen-Photogaphy-e1528459099866.jpg)
Tommy Richardsen Photography in Nordreisa, in northern Norway, captured this image of ice melting in the Norwegian Sea in May 2018. He wrote: “Magic of May. Close to 7 hours of good weather conditions for photography, rain, fog, mist, sunlight and crazy clouds, all one can ask for. :)” D810, 15mm.
![Edge of beach with wavelets under cloudy sky.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2016/06/malibu-beach-e1496840776306.jpg)
Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California. Photo via Kristal Alaimo-Moritz Klear.
![Splendid orange sunset over waves coming onto beach on rocky coast.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2017/06/twilight-waimanalo-beach-oahu-hawaii-6-4-2017-Chantel-Dunlap-e1496835631780.jpg)
Twilight at Waimanalo Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, on June 4, 2017, via Chantel Dunlap.
![Immense billowing white cloud against blue sky over calm sea.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2016/06/ocean-galveston-texas-Brett-Stone-e1465329558543.jpg)
Summer showers near Galveston, Texas, by Brett Stone.
![Sunset over dark ocean waters.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2017/06/san-franciso-bay-e1496842095158.jpg)
San Francisco Bay by Matt Snow.
![A large, lone, irregular rock sticks out of ocean waters with distance perfectly straight horizon.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2016/06/ocean-Vladimir-Zlvkovic-Reykjanes-Peninsula-Iceland.jpg)
From Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, by Vladimir Zlvkovic.
![Waves crash onto a rocky coastline on a misty day.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2017/06/york-beach-maine-kevin-pratt.jpg)
York Beach, Maine, by Kevin Pratt.
![A turquoise sea next to vertical red cliffs above a narrow beach.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2014/06/ocean-great-ocean-road-australia-Malck-Coolen-Photography-e1465336492607.jpg)
From the Great Ocean Road in Australia by Malck Coolen Photography.
![Dark sea under a blue sky.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2016/06/indian-ocean-inlet-e1496841612846.jpg)
“Seawater inlet of Indian Ocean where two seas of different texture meet!” by Sima Sweet.
![Scudding clouds over choppy water on a rocky coastline.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2015/06/ocean-Atlantic-Cape-Breton-Island-Canada-Tynski-Photographic-e1465336788154.jpg)
Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Breton Island, Canada, by Tynski Photographic.
![Sun high in orange sky with golden reflection in ocean below.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2014/06/ocean-Northern-Ireland-north-coast-Glenn-Miles-Photography-e1402140640845.jpg)
Glenn Miles Photography took this photo from the north coast of Northern Ireland. Thank you, Glenn.
![Pure sunrise fading from red to blue above horizon with rocky promontory on right.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2014/06/ocean-Maine-coast-sunrise-John-Gravell-e1402086549464.jpg)
Maine coast at sunrise by John Gravell.
![Pink and blue sunset reflected in ocean.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2014/06/ocean-sunset-truro-MA-toward-Provincetown-John-Gravell-e1402086300341.jpg)
Sunset in Truro, Massachusetts, looking toward Provincetown, by John Gravell.
![Low sun over sea with what looks like tractor tracks leading to water.](https://earthsky.org/upl/2015/06/loggerhead-sea-turtle-tracks-Rachel-Smith-sq.jpg)
“Loggerhead sea turtle tracks at sunrise on Florida’s beautiful east coast.” Photo via Rachel Smith. Thanks Rachel!
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