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“On an afternoon dive, I spotted a small group of sweetlips in the current among a shoal of juvenile convict blennies. It took me some time to get close to the fish without spooking them. I took several frames but this one was my favorite because of the
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Ocean Fish Pictures

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a hairy frogfish with a dark background
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Anglerfish Lure Prey Throughout the Ocean

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Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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#GulfSpillFlashback: Giving the Gulf Oil Spill the Consideration It Deserves

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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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Light Painting Tutorial

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The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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The Reefs of American Samoa: A Story of Hope

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The Anglerfish Relatives

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Hastigerinella digitata's many spines support sticky, hair-like “fishing lines” made from cytoplasm (the living part of a cell – mostly fluid, salts and proteins) that entangle prey.
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Tiny, but Deadly

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A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

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Microscopic beach dweller in the sand.
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Organisms Beneath the Sand

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An assortment of microbe illustrations seen by Leeuwenhoek under the microscope.
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Milestones In Marine Microbiology

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Two Southern Resident killer whales.
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When Killer Whales Hunt the King of Salmon

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