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A woman sits on the beach reading a book.
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Ocean Reading

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Leopard Sea Slugs Crawl Together on Colorful Coral
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Leopard Sea Slugs Crawl Together

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Portrait of a scallop with black and white striped lips, whose shell is encrusted with a red sponge.
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Scallop

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An image of a Anomalocaris canadensis fossil.
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Anomalocaris canadensis

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This colony of Lophelia pertusa was photographed from the Mingulay Reef Complex off Scotland in 2005.
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Lophelia pertusa Colony

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Diver and photographer Laurie Penland poses next to some coral for an underwater photo.
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Laurie Penland

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An aerial shot of oil rigs off the Louisiana coast.
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Oil Rigs off the Louisiana Coast

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Benthic scientists are interested in organisms on the seafloor.
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The ‘Mud People'

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Flattened against a leaf, a tree frog blends right in with the mangroves.
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Tree Frog

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Arching mangrove roots help keep trunks upright in soft sediments at water’s edge.
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Mangrove Support System

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Dr. Nancy Knowlton leads the Smithsonian’s effort to educate the public about the ocean.
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Dr. Nancy Knowlton

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Two candy cane shrimp
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Candy Cane Shrimp

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