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Brain coral release eggs during the annual spawning event, which happens only one night a year in The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
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Celine Cousteau provides a good measure of scale as she dives near a goliath grouper. This endangered species is the largest type of grouper in the western Atlantic. Growing to lengths of 8.2 feet (2.5 m), this grouper can weigh as much as 800 pounds (363 kg).
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Celine and Fabien Cousteau join their father, Jean-Michel, on a film expedition dive in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, continuing the family legacy of Jacques Cousteau.
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Cameraman Matt Ferraro observes an elusive Giant Pacific Octopus in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
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The team films the well-preserved shipwreck of the Audubon (1846) in 38 degree F fresh water at 191 feet in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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Fabien Cousteau, wearing a full-face SuperMask designed by his father, takes a close look at a jellyfish in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.
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Céline Cousteau free dives with spinner dolphins in the Humpback Whale Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
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A Humpback whale cow-calf pair takes a closer look at the photographer in the Humpback Whale Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary. This image was photographed under the authority of NMFS Permit No. 642-1536-01 issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
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Diver Holly Lohuis observes market squid during a night dive in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
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Jean-Michel Cousteau's team watches a barracuda while hanging on a decompression line for two hours, after a deep dive to 250 feet in the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
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A Maine lobster bares its claws in a defensive posture while being photographed in the Stellwagen National Marine Sanctuary.
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Fabien Cousteau inspects the rocky reef ecosystem during a dive in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
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In a rarely photographed moment, an elephant seal gives birth in a crowded seal rookery at San Simeon, part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
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Céline Cousteau observes a clownfish found among coral reef anemones in the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa.
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Corynactis (strawberry anemones) compete for space on the rocky bottom in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
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