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A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.
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Diver Cleaning Up Reef

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3-D map of Chapman’s Reef. Produced in 2005 with multibeam sonar from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
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Deep-Sea Coral Reef Map

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Raccoon butterfly fish and angelfish on a reef in the Red Sea, near Sharm el Sheik, Egypt.
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Coral Reef Scene

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Bleached Coral On Mesoamerican Reef

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In this photo of a shallow coral reef in the Pacific there are three species of forams. Their colors come from the symbiotic algae that live inside the foram shells.
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Shallow Coral Reef Foraminifers

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yarn artwork of coral
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Webcast: Stories from the Reef

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A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
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Diving into the Sandstorm

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A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

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A red snapper hunts for prey on Kingman’s Reef, a healthy reef in the Line Islands.
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Kingman’s Reef, Line Islands

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stony corals among sea fans
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Ancient Reefs Reveal Glimpse at Future Oceans

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Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.
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Cabo Pulmo Protected Area

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The Curasub departs for a deep sea dive, up to 1,000 feet off the island of Curaçao, where this sub is located.
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Curasub Sets Off

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