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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Introduction to the Deep Sea

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Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d
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Creep into the Deep

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A deep red jellyfish, Crossota norvegica, floats in the water.
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Deep-Red Jellyfish

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This deep-sea coral specimen shows the bands that help marine scientists learn how ocean conditions changed over time.
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Deep-Sea Coral Bands

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Illustration of eddy fields in the Atlantic Ocean
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Robot Explores Ocean Eddies

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A screenshot from the video showing a dumbo octopod swimming in water.
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Video of Cirrate Octopod aka Dumbo Octopus

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Two silver fish with big eyes facing one another
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Fishes of the Deep

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A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.
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Bigfin Squid

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A brown-colored deep-sea coral sits on the deep ocean floor and is covered with brown oil floc.
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Anemone On Deep Sea Coral

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a orange colored crustacean with big antennae
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Copepods of the Deep

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Marine scientists photographed and measured this gorgonian coral and deep-sea shrimp just as they were collected—together.
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Deep-sea Coral and Shrimp

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

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