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A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.
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Akule Explosion

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Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Lichen Zones

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Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
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A Seashore Walk

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Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
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Rough Periwinkles

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A Cirraturlid worm swims in the open ocean.
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Cirraturlid

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Pieces of baby coral hang on PVC pipe structures until they are large enough to be transplanted.
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Coral Hanging On PVC Pipes

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"December in Malibu" by Andrew Richards
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December in Malibu - Drew Richards

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Illustration of colorful nudibranchs from Ernst Haeckel.
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Nudibranchs

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"Break On Through" was taken by Wendy Wolf at California's Pfeiffer Beach. This photo was a winning selection in the Portraits of Planet Ocean Flickr contest.
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Break on Through - Wendy Wolf

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Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
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Setting a Compass Bearing

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Chris Meyer takes his nephew’s friend, Flat Stanley, for a dive in Moorea.
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Dr. Chris Meyer

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Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.
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Marine Mammal Herbivore Skulls

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