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The view from Fira, Santorini's capital city on the Aegean Sea, includes an active volcanic island formed by the same volcano that formed the Santorini islands.
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Santorini Island View from Fira

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"This shot was taken during a dusk dive in Southern Leyte in the Philippines. I ended the dive with an amazing sunset," wrote Paul Cowell of his winning image.
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Surfacing into a Sunset

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Plastic does not biodegrade; it photodegrades, which means that sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces. These bits of plastic and plankton were collected during a 3:00 am manta net tow, and are just a sample of the plankton-like plastic pi
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Plastic Bits from the Gyre

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Eat Your Methane Wheaties: Along with oil, natural gases such as methane spewed out of the deep-sea well during Deepwater Horizon. Researchers had no idea what would happen to this methane: would it bubble to the surface, dissolve in seawater and drift awa
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Eat Your Methane Wheaties

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Two overflowing trashcans
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Plastic Moves From Land to Ocean

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A birds eye view of the atoll
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Bikini Atoll

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NMNH intern in the lab.
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It's All In the DNA

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Mangrove roots are a complex habitat that function as a protective nursery for juvenile fish.
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Underwater Mangrove Roots

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Radar image of Hurricane Irma
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Hurricane Irma

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sign in hurricane wreckage
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Sandy was Here

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Many serpent stars spend their entire lives on a coral host.
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Serpent Star on Octocoral

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A giant sea spider on octocoral
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Giant Sea Spider

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