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Porcelain crab on anemone at Pescador Island, Cebu, Philippines.
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Porcelain Crab and Anemone

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A bridge is flooded in Oklahoma after a hurricane
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Flooding Waters

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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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When seen from below a white belly better blends in with light-filled surface waters while from above a black back looks similar to the dark hues of the deep ocean.
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Galapagos Penguin from Above

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A glowing ocean surface.
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Glittering Waves

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A stormy sea lashes the village of Shismaref, Alaska, where the coastline has eroded 30–90 m (100–300 ft) in the past 30 years.
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Shismaref, Alaska

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Large organisms, like these tunicates, live inside the recesses of a ship's hull while microscopic organisms form a film across all the painted surfaces on the boat.
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Tunicates On Hull of Boat

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A cross-section of a nautilus shell is not only beautiful, it also is a great example of the chambered cephalopod shell. The projections splitting each chamber are the siphuncle tubes that allow gas and liquid to be transferred from chamber to chamber. 
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Chambered Shells

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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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These deep-sea corals at the Madison-Swanson Marine Reserve are protected, along with the marine life they harbor.
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Protected Deep-sea Corals

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Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.
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Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

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A shining jingle shell on the sand.
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Jingle Shells

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