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Image : Ocean Microscope Reveals Surprising Abundance of Life

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A collage of images of Trichodesmium collected by the Video Plankton Recorder. The cyanobacteria form tiny colonies of spiky balls called ?puffs? (bottom) or elongated rafts called ?tufts? (top). (Courtesy of Cabell Davis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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