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Feb 4 2009, AP

ABOARD RESEARCH VESSEL POINT LOBOS, Off the California Coast (AP) _ A crane on a ship deck hoisted a 502-pound video camera and plopped it into the ocean for a 3,000-foot descent to the world of neon-glowing jellyfish, bug-eyed red rock cod and other stil

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