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Spotting an Endangered Species

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Could astronomy save the whale shark Rhincodon typus from extinction? A NASA astrophysicist and a marine biologist from the University of Murdoch in Australia think so. The researchers have teamed up with a software specialist to adapt algorithms developed for locating stars and galaxies to identify individual fish by the distinctive pat terns of spots on their skin. Using a computer algorithm adapted from astronomy, researchers have “fingerprinted” this young whale shark by recording the unique pattern of spots on its flank. The image was taken at the Ningaloo Marine Park in...Read full article

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    Published: January 2006
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    astronomyBasic ScienceBlob ExtractionEcocean Whale Shark Photoidentification LibraryLighter SideNASAUniversity of Murdoch

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