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A placard warns residents that water—and anything else—that goes own this storm drain makes its way into the Potomac River and, eventually the ocean.
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Marked Storm Drain

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Workers contracted by BP load oily waste onto a trailer on Elmer's Island, just west of Grand Isle, La., May 21, 2010.
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Workers

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Photo collage of six species of invertebrates.
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Invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico

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The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has developed an online map that provides information about invertebrates in the National Collection from areas impacted by the oil spill.
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Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region

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Arrow crabs are small, spider-like crabs that live on coral reefs.(CLICK IMAGE TO OPEN SLIDESHOW WITH MORE WINNING PHOTOS FROM THE CONTEST)
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Spiders from Mars

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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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Two New Sea Stars

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Tiny jellies in a petri dish.
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Velella velella Jellies

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Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Official Report on Gulf Oil Spill Released

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A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.
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The Oil Spill From Above

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A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
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3-D Reconstruction Of Fin Whale Skull

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The vicious "killer shrimp."
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Dikerogammarus villosus

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The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System consists of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, and several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The system's seven sites illustrate the evolutionary h
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

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