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J. Murray Roberts studies and maps the cold-water corals known as Lophelia in the North Atlantic.
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J. Murray Roberts, Coral Scientist

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“Leatherback turtles are critically endangered, and this young hatchling is a symbol of hope for their future.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Jason Bradley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D2X; 12-24mm lens; 1/100 sec at ƒ/5.6.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle, Playa Grande, Costa Rica

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Ocean Views from Nature's Best Photos

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Pile of Plastic Trash
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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

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A photo of oceanographer Xavier Pastor aboard an Oceana research vessel surrounded by ice in the Baltic Sea
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Oceanographer Xavier Pastor

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Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

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An underwater photo of a school of jacks and a scuba diver
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Ocean Views Award Winners, 2011

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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In the Arctic, the Times, They Are a-Changin: You Can Pitch in to Understand How

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A spiraled diatom with spines.
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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

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a lamprey's suction mouth opens to show a disk of pointed teeth
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7 Ocean Parasites Worth Celebrating on World Parasite Day

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Dr. Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Dr. Jeremy Jackson

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