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A screenshot from video showing an illustration of a satellite view of Earth.
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Just How Big Is the Ocean?

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Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d
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Creep into the Deep

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Mapping the Ocean Floor

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Deep Sea Dive

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Submarine Volcanoes and Hydrothermal Vents

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A screenshot from the video "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program" showing the front of a research vessel moving through water.
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

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10 grains of star shaped sand collected from southern Japan
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Star Sand Grains Collected from Southern Japan

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Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

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Blue Carbon Infographic

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a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake
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Map of the Magnitude 5.8 Virginia Earthquake of 2011

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red worms penetrate holes in bone
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Zombie Worms Crave Bone

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Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.
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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

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