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Comb jellies have fragile bodies and are difficult to capture.
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Fragile Comb Jelly

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A school of yellowfin surgeonfish feed near dusk off Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands.
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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Walter Adey and Coral Reef Tank

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Sound artist Halsey Burgund performs his composition Ocean Voices.
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Sound Artist Halsey Burgund

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You can explore the Curasub from your computer! Inspect, launch, board and recover to get an idea of what it's like to mann an underwater submersible.
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Tour the Curasub!

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The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Parasitic Worms in a Fish

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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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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Ocean Views from Nature's Best Photos

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a blue larval fish with fanning spines
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Blackwater Divers Illuminate Sea Life at Night

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Sea otters floating on the surface of the ocean.
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Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

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The ribbon worm seen here, Ramphogordius sanguineus, is known to regenerate after losing a part of its body.
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Ribbon Worm Redux

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale

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