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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) checks out the WHOI-operated research vessel Atlantis off the coast of the Galápagos Islands in January 2009. The research vessel and the Alvin submersible were in the area recovering ocean-bottom seismometers and other seafloor instruments. (Photo by Brendon Todd, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)