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It is estimated that the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan was 1,000 times more powerful than the quake that struck Haiti in 2010. Watch as Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell explains this and more about the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Understanding the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

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Coppertone Advertisement

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Flooding in Florida from a "King tide."
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Flooding From King Tide

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A red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Red Snapper

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A screenshot from the video showing a Palauan primitive cave eel.
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Video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau)

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Two baby olive ridley sea turtles.
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Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

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A lemon shark pup swims through its shallow mangrove nursery off the coast of Bimini Island in the Bahamas.
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Young Lemon Shark Swims Through Mangroves

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These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
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Smithsonian Research Stations

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Siphonophore

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