…it"s World Sea Turtle Day! The gentle giant seen here doing the wave was snapped mid-dive, headed to the seafloor near the Great Barrier Reef to munch some marine grass. The green sea turtle is among the larger of the seven sea turtle species, with some individuals reaching 5 feet in length and weighing 700 pounds. They live throughout the world"s subtropical waters, and like other sea turtles, they migrate long distances for food. Despite all that traveling, they return to hatch their eggs on the same select nesting beaches where they were born.
Put your flippers in the air…
Today in History
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Don’t get lost in there
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Put your flippers in the air…
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Batten down the hatches
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Winter solstice
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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An opulent backdrop for a historic event
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Mack Arch Rock
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Adorable activism
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Light show at the skatepark
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Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Flag Day
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World Bamboo Day
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Happy birthday to the Peak!
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Snow on the temple
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Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
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International Day of the Tropics
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Atolls in the Maldives
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Love on ice
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Across the great plains of Africa
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It s a good day to be green
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Step into the dark
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Let s get lost
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Hay, what s up?
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The (Inca) empire strikes back
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It’s National Walk to Work Day
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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The forecast calls for blooms
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National Park Week: Wind Cave National Park