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A bridge is flooded in Oklahoma after a hurricane
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Flooding Waters

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A three dimensional radar of Hurricane Patricia
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Three Dimensional Rain

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Model of a lion’s mane jellyfish on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This jellyfish, a member of the phylum Cnidaria, can have tentacles up to 190 feet long (58 meters) and a bell almost 7 feet (2 meters) in diameter.
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Lion's Mane Jellyfish in Sant Ocean Hall

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A healthy, deep sea octocoral and their brittle star partners
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Brittle stars and their best friends the octocorals

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Basking shark
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Basking Shark

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A prickly dogfish swims in blue water near the ocean's bottom.
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Prickly Dogfish

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Epaulette shark
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Epaulette Shark

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Scientists use satellite images of the ocean to estimate chlorophyll concentrations in the water. You can see the yellow swirls of phytoplankton concentrated at the sea surface in this image.
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Satellite Image of Chlorophyll Concentration

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This is a series of images showing how a typical nightly courtship display would look like, where certain males initiate the display (2), others follow (3), and different species display their own unique “light shows” nearby (4 and 5).
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A typical nightly courtship display for P. annecohenae

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The beaches of Hawaii are the only place in the world where the Hawaiian Monk seal exists. As if on a tropical vacation, they spend a lot of time napping on the beach. 
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Hawaiian Monk Seals Playing

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The hunting of beluga whales by Alaska Natives for subsistence, in addition to other human and natural threats, caused the Cook Inlet population of belugas to decline by an estimated 71 percent since 1979.
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Beluga Whale

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Map of seasonal area restrictions for ships in Northeast U.S.
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Seasonal Management of Right Whales

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