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Graduate students Danielle Young from Temple University and Dannise Ruiz from Penn State preparing oil and dispersant solutions for exposure experiments with deep sea corals aboard the exploration vessel E/V Nautilus.
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Testing Impacts of Dispersants

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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico

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A collage of the wildlife found in one cubic foot on the reef near Moorea, French Polynesia.
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One Cubic Foot of Reef

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A wave curls near the shore.
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American Spaces

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The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry was used in the Gulf of Mexico directly after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 to map oil plumes and to search for hard bottom on the sea floor.
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AUV Sentry

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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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A diver clears the bottom of a cargo ship of specimens.
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Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

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Jorge Velez-Juarbe, predoctoral fellow in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Jorge Velez-Juarbe

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The Galapagos Islands site in Ecuador was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978. Located in the equatorial Pacific Ocean nearly 1000 km from South America, the Galapagos Islands and the surrounding marine reserve are a unique "living museum and show
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Sally Lightfood Crab, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

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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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"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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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

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