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You see all the pictures of Monterey Bay.

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You know, the classic otter

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floating on its back, munching on an urchin,

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and the giant kelp forests and the white sharks

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and so as a first-time diver in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary,

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those are the images that are running

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through my head, of course.

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And getting in there, you realize that that's not just what it is.

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It's not just the iconic charismatic megafauna that you get on postcards.

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The base of what makes
this so special is the things that

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enable those those higher
life-forms

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and the communities that depend on it to exist.

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It really helped me
appreciate what this place is all about

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and the ecosystem from top to bottom and
how special it really is.