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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A river runs through it
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Tiny fliers head south
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Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
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Sharp-dressed bug
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Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Happy Independence Day!
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Happy World Meteorological Day
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Make your list and check it twice
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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Eye of the cave
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Falling for Rioja
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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Earth at Perihelion
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Iceland for International Rock Day
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Endangered Species Day
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Pride Month
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Travel Sunday: On the Ganges in Varanasi, India
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Spire Cove in Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, Alaska
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World Donkey Day
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