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Sea Life in Peril (Photos)


Sea Turtle Casualties
Photograph by Guy Marcovaldi, Projeto Tamar Brazil, Marine Photobank

A diver frees one of 17 sea turtles drowned by a discarded fishing net off the Brazilian coast in the winning shot of Marine Photobank's 2010 Ocean in Focus Conservation Photo Contest.

Marine Photobank's mission is to advance ocean conservation by providing free, high-quality marine pictures to media and noncommercial outlets. For this photo contest, Marine Photobank was looking for powerful images that "illuminate the many threats facing our ocean." (The National Geographic Society, which owns National Geographic News, donated prizes for the contest winners.)

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101021-ocean-conservation-sea-pictures-contest-environment/?source=link_tw20101026ocean
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