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Scientists use satellite images of the ocean to estimate chlorophyll concentrations in the water. You can see the yellow swirls of phytoplankton concentrated at the sea surface in this image.
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Satellite Image of Chlorophyll Concentration

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Encrusted Pumice

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The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry was used in the Gulf of Mexico directly after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 to map oil plumes and to search for hard bottom on the sea floor.
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AUV Sentry

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Lights attached to this deep-sea camera system enable scientists to capture detailed images of deep-sea corals in otherwise dark water.
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Deep-Sea Camera

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a black and white photo of a woman holding a glass award
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Dr. Marian Pettibone, A Woman of Firsts

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a woman works on a ship in a hard hat and vest
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Swimming Against the Tide

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North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.
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Slow Down for Right Whales

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An early scale model of North Atlantic right whale Phoenix that was used to develop a life size model for the Smithsonian shows the location of scars on her mouth from entanglements with fishing gear.
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Phoenix: Mouth Scarring

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Students from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab delegation plant smooth cord grass in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Their project is addressing the impacts of rising sea levels on critical coastal habitats through both marsh restoration in the Mobile Bay area and educatio
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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Delegation

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A gray whale spinal column viewed from the top through the vertebrae.
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A Gray Whale Makes its Way to the Smithsonian

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Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

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The Deep Sea

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