One of the greatest marvels of the marine world, the Belize Barrier Reef runs 190 miles along the Central American country"s Caribbean coast. It"s part of the larger Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System that stretches from Mexico"s Yucatan Peninsula to Honduras and is the second-largest reef in the world behind the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, the Belize Barrier Reef has remained relatively healthy even as many of the planet"s reefs are threatened by climate change.
Belize Barrier Reef
Today in History
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World Giraffe Day
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World Childrens Day
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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A peak in the clouds
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Presidents Day
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Christmas Eve
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Evidence of human habitation
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I am the walrus
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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Ides of March
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Valentines Day
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Great on so many levels
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Greetings from Asbury Park
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World Photography Day
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Ukrainian Independence Day
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
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Fall comes to Pando
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The parenting of a piping plover
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A day of death and rebirth
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Edinburgh Art Festival
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Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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Cinco de Mayo
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A glimpse of the Blue Forest
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Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
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