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This deep-sea jellyfish was caught on film by an ROV east of Izu-Oshina Island, Japan.
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Atolla Jellyfish from the Waters of Japan

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The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

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Blackbeard’s flag showed a skeleton piercing a heart and toasting the devil.
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Blackbeard’s Pirate Flag

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Members of the Tlingit Nation celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall.
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Celebrating in Washington

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Hurricane Wind Pattern in Gulf of Mexico
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NOAA's Real Time Weather Mapping

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This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

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A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.
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Bigfin Squid

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The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean and includes peaks of more than 30 extinct volcanoes.
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Map of New England Seamount Chain

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Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle

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Beautiful crab water colors
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Trapezia Crabs Watercolors

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Pelicans Roost at oil spill "ground zero" two years later.
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Pelicans Roost at Oil Spill "Ground Zero"

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Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

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