Swimming with Sharks

For one week the Visualization Studio goes underwater for an immersive, up-close look at the beautiful and endangered sand tiger shark, with help from Spot A Shark USA, a citizen-science program focused on sand tiger shark research along the Atlantic coast.

Carol Seals Price is an instructor and undergraduate research mentor at NC State University, the Conservation Research Coordinator for the North Carolina Aquariums, and the project manager for Spot A Shark USA. SCUBA divers photograph the sand tiger sharks they encounter and post their images to the Spot A Shark USA website. Dr. Price’s team of aquarium scientists and NC State students then use Wildbook® software to map the unique spot patterns visible along the sides of the photographed sharks to identify individual animals.

This immersive exhibit was created by Trevor Thornton, an applications developer in the Libraries’ Digital Library Initiatives department.

Be sure to also check out the Why Sharks Matter Book Launch with David Shiffman.

Other dates

This is a multi-day event, running 12pm–5pm on these dates:

• September 19, 2022
• September 20, 2022
• September 21, 2022 (runs 12pm–6pm)
• September 22, 2022
• September 23, 2022