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Pacific sand lance rising above a sand wave

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Hundreds of long, skinny, small fish swim or float upright just above the sandy bottom illuminated by a light source.
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Pacific sand lance rising above a sand wave, observed along a submersible transect of the San Juan Channel sand wave field. Note sharp form of crest in the background of the photo, and the well-sorted medium-grained sand in the foreground. Photo taken from inside the submersible Cyclops 1 by Matthew Baker, Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory. University of Washington.

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Public Domain.