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“This image was captured during an evening dive in water where the largest migration on Earth occurs nightly. This miniscule squid was less than an inch long, transparent, and highly reflective, which made proper exposure extremely difficult. Over hundre
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Larval Squid, Coast of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA

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Two thorny seahorses sit back to back underwater.
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Seahorse Lovebirds

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This may look like a mane of hair, but it’s actually baleen from a North Atlantic right whale.
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Baleen Close Up

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A red deep-sea fish specimen.
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A Fish that Looks Like a Whale

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scientist Drew-Baker reads a book by her microscope
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Saving Nori

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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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Celebrating the Ocean With New Museum Exhibits

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four dancers
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Ocean - A Dance About Science and Conservation

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a skin boat model with oars
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The Umiaq

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Tomopteris's bristles produce yellow bioluminescence, a unusual color among midwater animals, nearly all of which make some sort of light.
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Glow Worms

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Map of sites participating in Ocean Sampling Day 2014.
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Ocean Sampling Day Sites

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This tentacle belongs to a blue button. While it has a central “float” with streaming tentacles like typical jellyfish, the blue button is a colony of many small hydroid animals.
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Blue Button Tentacle

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Blue Dragon nudibranchs are very common to the southeast coast of Australia and have a few color variations. Juveniles are white with blue rhinophores, and adults vary from dark purple to lavender to golden brown.
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Serpent Pteraeolidia

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