Colorful illustrations of ocean invertebrates from Ernst Haeckel.

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Illustration of colorful nudibranchs from Ernst Haeckel.

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Images of marine species from Ernst Haeckel, famous science illustrator. 

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A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.

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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef

A piece of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit.