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Red hot magma and ash erupt from an underwater volcano.
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An Underwater Volcanic Eruption

A volcanic eruption of superheated magma (some 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) from the...
Superheated magma slowly leaks from a crack in the seafloor.
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Superheated Magma Underwater

Superheated magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, glows orange as it slowly leaks...
grains of sand collected from Orient Point, Long Island, NY
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Sand from Orient Point, Long Island, New York

There are different types of beaches and multiple factors that influence the...
Curator and Research Scientist Lynne Parenti with student Shao-i Wang on a moped with fish collection gear
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Lynne Parenti NMNH Fishes Curator

Lynne Parenti, Curator and Research Scientist, Smithsonian National Museum of...
paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america
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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

Paleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral species, Stephanocyathus paliferus, now preserved at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Corals at the Smithsonian

Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral...
Yolanda Villacampa, Museum Specialist - Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Museum Specialist Yolanda Villacampa

Yolanda Villacampa is a museum specialist in the invertebrate zoology department of...
Ian G. Macintyre, Curator of Carbonate Sedimentology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Paleobiology Curator Ian Macintyre

Ian G. Macintyre, Curator of Carbonate Sedimentology, Smithsonian National Museum...
An image of collections storage at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Smithsonian Fish Collections

There are about 4 million specimens in the fish collection housed at the National...
This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the...
Photo collage of six species of invertebrates.
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Invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico

The Smithsonian's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has a collection of over...
Dr. Sylvia Earle
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Dr. Sylvia Earle Testifies on Gulf Oil Spill

Dr. Sylvia Earle, at the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global...

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