…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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Languid life on the Lakes
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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In memory of those lost
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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When Death Valley blew its top
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Saint Dwynwen s Day
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Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Atop the Needle of Chamonix
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At the gates of the ksar
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Green fields of grain
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Cheese! We ll go somewhere where there s cheese!
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Here s looking at you
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It s truffle season here in the Dordogne Valley
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park
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Sanday Island and the North Sea, Scotland
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Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
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Traveling warblers
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World Water Day
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Hey, who’s in charge here?
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Take the stairs
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Autumn in Central Park, New York
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Flock together for Cousins Day
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Beware the Ides of March
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Midwinter freeze
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
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