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Satellite view of the Gulf Coast oil spill off of Louisiana, April 29, 2010.
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Gulf Coast oil spill

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Polar bear siblings in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area near Hudson Bay spar playfully during migration.
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Polar bears at play

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The OP Community Manager

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A beautiful larval (baby) octopus collected during a research cruise near Florida.
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Larval Octopus

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A shark nursery in a lagoon in the Pacific.
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Baby sharks in lagoon

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On a healthy coral reef, fish (as well as many other organisms) thrive. Not only are reefs beautiful, but they are also critical to ocean health and human livelihoods.
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Healthy Coral Head

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Portrait of a scallop with black and white striped lips, whose shell is encrusted with a red sponge.
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Scallop

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Portrait of a yellow-green blennie (family Clinidae) hiding in the groove of a green brain coral.
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Hiding Blennie

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An 1874 photo of a squid draped over a bathtub.
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First Giant Squid Photo

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An image of a Anomalocaris canadensis fossil.
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Anomalocaris canadensis

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A fish made from pieces of plastic found on the beach swims above a bleached reef made of Styrofoam.
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Bleached Styrofoam Reef

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Plastic sorted by color.
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Sorted Beach Plastic

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