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Homepage background video: NOAA Fisheries, an excerpt from « B-Roll Spinner Dolphins in Hawai‘i ». This actual footage of dolphins in Hawaii is made available in the public domain with credit requested. The excerpt is cropped, compressed, played without sound and looped for the site.
Page-turning sound: « Turning a page », a recording by planish released into the public domain. The excerpt is trimmed and its sound level adjusted for the reader.