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A model marker applies paint to the life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix.
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Painting the Model of Phoenix

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The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino site in Mexico was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993. The sanctuary contains important breeding and wintering sites for the grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus - pictured here), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina),
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Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico

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a lanternfish's scales glitter blue in a black sea
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Lanternfish

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Scaffolding and supports support a life-size model of a right whale in the national Museum of Natural History.
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Work Site for Building the Model of Phoenix

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Lidia the Seal is made entirely of plastic trash from the ocean.
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Lidia the Seal

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Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.
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Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve

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This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

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Pile of Plastic Trash
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Plastic Trash Looms

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Rhinochimaera swimming in the Dark.
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Rhinochimera

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This piece of pocillopora, or cauliflower coral, would normally have a rigid outer skeleton, but researchers dissolved it to expose the coral’s tissue and take a sample for DNA analysis.
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Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora

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Encrusted pumice
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Encrusted Pumice

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The pink strands of this coral harbor a variety of organisms. Sea whips are gorgonian corals, with flexible skeletons.
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Sea Whip Coral

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