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
Today in History
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Redwood National and State Parks, California
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World Sea Turtle Day
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Sea Slug Day
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The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
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Clark Range, Yosemite National Park, California
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Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
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International Rock Day
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In praise of the old…the very old
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Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Fiesta at Siesta
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A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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Borrego Badlands
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Fin whales: A success story
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Party like it’s 5779
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Let s run em up!
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Pollinator Week
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Dragon dance performed in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
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What the hay?
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Honoring our veterans
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Yosemite National Park, California
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Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
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We stand with Ukraine
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A view from the top
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Martin Luther King Day
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Christmas star lanterns, Germany
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Celebrating freedom
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Rosa Parks Day
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