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A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.
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Summer Beach

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A tiny larval (baby) starfish.
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Larval Starfish

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A diver swims amidst a school of fish.
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About Ocean Portal

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Dr. Erica Miller, of the Louisiana State Wildlife Response Team, cleanses an oil-covered pelican in Plaquemines Parish, LA.
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Cleaning an Oiled Pelican in Louisiana

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Digging a Trench

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Sophi Bromenshenkel poses with a hammerhead shark snow sculpture.
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2011 Ocean Hero, Sophi Bromenshenkel

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Photo of the head of a leafy seadragon
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Leafy Seadragon

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A woman sits on the beach reading a book.
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Ocean Reading

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Close-up photograph looking into the gaping mouth of a golden brown sea lion, lying on the sand.
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Galapagos Sea Lion Yawning

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A zoomed-in image of the crown-of-thorns sea star.
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Acanthaster planci

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An adult and juvenile killer whale frolic in the water.
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Killer Whales Swimming

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Like other cephalopods, the common cuttlefish (Sepia officials Linnaeus, 1758) possesses serious brain power.
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Common cuttlefish

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