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The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory’s Pisces V submersible is lowered for a dive to study deep-sea corals.
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Submersible Launch

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3-D map of Chapman’s Reef. Produced in 2005 with multibeam sonar from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
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Deep-Sea Coral Reef Map

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Calligrapher Myoung-Won Kwon poses with a work that has an ocean-themed message.
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Myoung-Won Kwon

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Seabirds on a rocky outcrop.
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A Gathering of Seabirds and Seals

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The amphipod Eusirus holmii inhabits sea ice, the water column and the sea floor
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Arctic Amphipod

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Light refracts off the comb-rows of this ctenophore.
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Comb Jelly Reflecting Colors

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Close-up of Boreo-Atlantic Armhook Squid, Gonatus fabricii.
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Armhook Squid

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Humpback Whale, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gloucester, MA, USA
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Humpback Whale, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA

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a spotted dolphin swims through the ocean at night
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas

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Professor Scott Glenn at Smithsonian with Historic Underwater Glider
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Scarlet Knight Showcased at Smithsonian

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Illustration of eddy fields in the Atlantic Ocean
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Robot Explores Ocean Eddies

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A tongue-like organ called the radula rams food down the giant squid's throat.
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Giant Squid Beak and Radula

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