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Satellite view of Earth.
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Earth Day, Spawned from the Sea

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corals polyps open and spawning
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Corals from the Deep Thrive under Aquarists Care

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Fish swim around the wreck of the HMT Bedfordshire, an Arctic fishing trawler that was converted into an anti-submarine warship during World War II, and sunk off the coast of North Carolina.
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Underwater WWII Wrecks – Pollution or Cultural Heritage?

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The "Lower Invertebrates" exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building in 1901 included models of a giant squid and an octopus.
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration

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Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for processing and their blubber rendered into marketable oil.
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Basque Whalers

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Why Do We Explore the Ocean?

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a wood frame dries walrus hide
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Walrus Hide

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North Atlantic right whales were long hunted for their baleen—the fringed plates hanging in their mouths that they use to strain the seawater for food. Baleen was used in a number of consumer products, such as corsets.
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Whale Baleen from a Dead Whale

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a woman's hands close a tin of sardines near a pile of empty cans
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Nimble Fingers: the Women Behind Maine’s Canneries

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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a group of men in kayaks
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A Kayak's Origin Story

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Master carver Douglas Chilton rides in the Raven Spirit canoe at its ceremonial launch.
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The Sant Ocean Hall: Salmon Shape a Way of Life

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