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a ripple of rust colored oil in the ocean
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Deepwater Oil

An oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in May 2010. ...
a balloon on the back of a boat
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An Aerostat Balloon

An aerostat is readied to deploy....
Scientists on a ship toss drifters overboard
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Drifters Overboard

The drifters are tossed overboard and then tracked via satellite. ...
A Fish Graveyard
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Fish Graveyard

Despite the fears reflected in this photo, we won’t know the full impact of the...
Shrimp in a net.
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Shrimp Catch

Shrimp from Campos' Marina. Less than 2 weeks later, the Campos' Marina was shut...
A jet drops dispersant onto the Gulf oil slick.
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Dispersant Drop

A U.S. Air Force jet drops dispersant onto the Gulf oil slick. The dispersant was...
boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

Clean-up workers use booms to try to contain the oil and keep it from entering...
A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Oil Slick in the Gulf

Mark Dodd, wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources,...
A blenny fish against both a white and black backdrop, where you can see its beautiful color pattern.
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A New Fish DROP-ping In

By diving in the Curasub, Smithsonian researchers with the Deep Reef Observation...
Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS to the outside of the submersible Curasub so it can deploy ARMS on the seafloor.
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ARMS Deployment from a Submarine

Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures)...
DROP researchers successfully deploy a deep-sea ARMS at 396 feet using their submersible.
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Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

Deploying ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures) is tricky in the deep sea,...
Students working on a marine genetics project at the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center in 2011.
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Students Doing Marine Genetics

Students working on a marine genetics project at the Indonesian Biodiversity...

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