…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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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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World Octopus Day
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Perseid meteor shower over Nevada
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The mountain of 30,000 sakura
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International Polar Bear Day
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Installation art turns heads
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Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
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Dancing in The Nutcracker
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Amelia Earhart
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Aerial view of Palmanova, a fortress city in Friuli, Italy
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It s truffle season here in the Dordogne Valley
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Paleontology meets art
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
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Saguaro cacti, Windgate Pass, McDowell Range, Arizona
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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Pi Day
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World Rainforest Day
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Wander the ancient medina
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Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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Carnival of Venice
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World Architecture Day
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Glacial rivers in Iceland
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International Literacy Day
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Don t forget—it’s World Elephant Day
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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National Take the Stairs Day
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