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Plastic balls in the Ivanhoe Reservoir
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Stratus clouds over Inglefield Bay
Lemon shark swimming near mangroves
Walrus skull in a field of wildflowers
Manatee swimming in a freshwater spring
Students rolling down a sand dune
Gray wolves playing
Close view of American alligator claws
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark, BahamasAn oceanic whitetip shark and diver in the Bahamas. (From the National Geographic book Ocean Soul by Brian Skerry) Pre-order the book Ocean Soul »
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