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A tiny Arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) wedges itself safely inside a sponge at Bari Reef in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Monday, June 8, 2009. Bari reef boasts the greatest diversity of fish species in the entire Atlantic/Caribbean with…

A Yellow Nose goby (Elacatinus xanthiprora) stops momentarily on a Great Star coral (Montastrea cavernosa) at Bari Reef in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Sunday, June 7, 2009.

A snail commonly called a Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) crawls up a purple gorgonian at Calabas reef in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

A Trumpet fish (Aulostomus maculatus) swims vertically among a gorgonian at 'Bachelor Beach' dive site in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Monday, June 8, 2009. Trumpet fish are usually seen swimming vertically to hide among corals and marine plants.…

A Sargent Major (Abudefduf saxatilis) swims through a section of pipe at 'Bari Reef' in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Monday, June 8, 2009. These colorful 6-inch long fish are aggressively territorial and common throughout the Caribbean.

A spotted Cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus) clings to the tentacles of a Giant anemone (Condylactis gigantea) at Bari Reef in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Sunday, June 7, 2009.

Orange sponges and reef fishes in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The reef system surrounding the island of Bonaire is protected as part of the Bonaire National Marine Park and boasts the greatest diversity of fish species…

DETAIL MAN Beneath the University of Arizona football stadium, a technician pores over the surface of the 8.4-meter Large synoptic Survey Telescope mirror, looking for major flaws.  Over a period of months the glass will be polished to within one…

TRIPLE VISION Portraits of the Crab Nebula captured in visible, infrared, and x-ray wavelengths (left to right) are projected on screens in Monument Valley, Utah, in a long exposure beneath a star-filled sky. Telescopes of the next decade will…

SHARPER SIGHT The 5.1-meter Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain, California, has done cutting-edge science for 60 years, making key discoveries about galaxies and quasars.  An adaptive optics laser that shoots 56 miles up now let Hale produce even…