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NOAA’s New Millennium Observatory was set up to study geologic, chemical, and biologic interactions along the mid-ocean ridge system. Here, a remotely operated vehicle (ROPOS) recovers a volcano monitor in the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific, west of Oregon.
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Studying the Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Squid size comparison chart: Lycoteuthis springeri (10-12cm), Leachia atlantica (up to 12cm), Promachoteuthis sp. (up to 5cm), Batoteuthis scolops (up to 20cm).
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What is the Largest Squid? A Squid Size Comparison Chart

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Flame shells live in enormous colonies, but hidden in nests.
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Orange-Tentacled Flame Shell

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How Many Nights of Hanukkah? A harp has its own place in holiday music, but we also think this sponge looks like a super-sized menorah! This newly-discovered carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia lyra) was found using robotic submersibles operated by the
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Harp Sponge

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This sea cucumber, collected at 830 feet, hosts a pearl fish, which lives in its anus!
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Sea Cucumber in Curaçao

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This common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) shows off its siphon, which it uses to propel itself through the water.
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Octopus Shows Off Its Funnel

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For three weeks, the MV Chertan is home-base for the scientific team and will be transformed in a laboratory to study the effect of the CO2 seeps on reefs.
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MV Chertain Lab Boat

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A cuttlefish eye
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Dazzling Eyes

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Colorful corals and brittlestars on Manning Seamount off the New England coast.
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Manning Seamount Deep Coral Communities

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Ocean scientists inside the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible travel to deep-sea coral ecosystems up to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) below the ocean’s surface.
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Johnson Sea Link Submersible

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a diagram of heat flow in a turtle's flipper
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Counter-current Heat Exchange

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A clutch bag made from fish skin and decorated with blue floral patterns.
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Indigo Katazome Dyed Fish Leather Clutch

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