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Photo Galleries: Underwater

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Photo: Translucent, purple fish

Translucent Creatures

Take an inside look at extreme underwater creatures.

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Photo: Sunken tugboat

Underwater Wrecks

Explore the drama, history, and treasure of sunken ships and more.

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Editors' Picks Galleries
Photo: Table coral in Micronesia's Phoenix Islands

Underwater Exploration

Photo: First underwater color photo

Milestones in Underwater Photography

Photo: Cluster of orange cup coral on a support piling of a pier

Coral Reefs

Photo: Humboldt squid

Underwater Portraits

Photo: Crown jellyfish

Marine Marvels

Photo: Pillar coral

Coral

Photo: Wave breaking over a reef

Underwater Landscapes

Photo: Close-up of a shrimp's eyes

Colorful Sea Creatures

Photo: Search vehicle Argo heads for Titanic

Discovering the Titanic

Photo: Box jellyfish

Underwater Oddities

Photo: Mushroom coral

Coral

Photo: Pair of stingrays

Underwater Creatures

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