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Eventually, in the early 1970s, even this facility ceased operation. But by that point, scientists had arrived on the Farallones, keen to observe the wildlife that lived there. And since then, a small population of researchers have eked out an existence on these tiny islands out in the open sea that guards the mouth of San Francisco Bay. Photo Credit: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

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