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The Sant Ocean Hall is the National Museum of Natural History's largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique and breathtaking introduction to the majesty of the ocean
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The Sant Ocean Hall Turns Ten

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a manta ray swims up revealing its underside
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Reef Manta Ray

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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

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an advertisement featuring a man in scuba gear and a woman smiling at him
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Coppertone Advertisement

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A fisher wearing a mask dives with a colorful coral reef in the background and queen conch in the foreground.
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Free-diving for Queen Conch

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Photo of a sea creature called a Tapetail
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Tapetail swimming in the Ocean

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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Elevator Rudists

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an illustration of pufferfish species and their relatives
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Pufferfishes and Their Relatives

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

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The sun sets over the Smithsonian’s marine field station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. For more than three decades, it has been home to the Smithsonian’s Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.
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Sunset at Carrie Bow Cay

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Algae growing on underwater rock
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Heroes of Herbivory

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A "reef hotel" made of PVS layers on the seafloor.
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Placing ARMS in the Red Sea

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