You might look twice if you passed by this Technicolor sea creature gliding through the ocean water. In celebration of World Octopus Day, we"re marveling at a photograph of the rarely seen blanket octopus, near Palm Beach, Florida. The blanket octopus gets its common name from the sheets of webbing that stretch between some arms of the female, like the one pictured here. When threatened, it spreads out its arms, creating a blanketlike silhouette to intimidate would-be attackers.
An underwater rainbow
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Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Spectacular views below!
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
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It s harvest time on World Food Day
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Twosday
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World Rainforest Day
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Where can you find a red fox?
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International Mountain Day
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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International Cheetah Day
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California
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On the hunt
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In the Supertree Grove
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Christmas Eve
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Let the holiday shopping commence
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National Napping Day
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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Celebrating Helsinki’s birthday at the Kiasma Museum
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Languid life on the Lakes
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Summer solstice
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A magnificent monolith
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Sands of time
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World Oceans Day
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Brain coral
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Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe