…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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International Rock Day
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Napping away New Year s Day
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Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
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Art over Amalfi
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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Working for that cliffside view
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Happy winter solstice!
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World Philosophy Day
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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World Heritage Day
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Nubble Island’s only industry
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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It’s National Walk to Work Day
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Harvest time in the Palouse
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
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Have you turned off your electronic device?
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Sunburst at Angkor
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Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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The Brocken, Harz National Park, Germany
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Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
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International Day of Color
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Happy 300th, NOLA!
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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