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Craig McClain, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

Caption: Marine biologist Craig McClain, along with James Barry of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, sent an ROV to the base of Monterey Canyon to study animals on the ocean floor.

Credit: Todd Walsh

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