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Northern Pacific sea star
Oregon State University marine ecologist Jessica Miller examining a Northern Pacific sea star collected from the Japanese dock that washed ashore in Newport, Oregon. The giant piece of debris came from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Photo: Lynn Ketchum