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Dark Mountain, Part II: A Fathomless Frontier

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Inseparable from the coordinated effort to protect Tubbataha is the quest to understand it. To scientists from around the world, the faraway atoll presents a bottomless mystery, offering answers that lead only to more questions.‍

Photography by

Sally Snow, Tommy Schultz, Steve de Neef, and Alessandro Ponzo

Banner Photo by

Tommy Schultz

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LAMAVE

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