World Oceans Day takes us to the warm waters off Maui, home to this green sea turtle and many other species that rely on healthy oceans. The annual celebration, recognized by the UN, is an effort to raise awareness about ocean conservation with events around the world, including here in Hawaii. This year’s theme is preventing plastic pollution. Plastics pose a serious threat to marine animals, including sea turtles, which are known to ingest them and become seriously injured or killed. Here’s an easy way to help: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
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Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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Celebrating 30 years of eye-opening images
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Embracing the cold
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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Penn Station
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Lights, camera, Sundance
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Frankenstein Friday
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What are we looking at?
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Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
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Here’s looking at you, teachers
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March of the flowers
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Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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International Tiger Day
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Burrowing owls
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Steyr River, Austria
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Khao Sok National Park in Thailand
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Paper lanterns on the longest night
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Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Arches National Park anniversary
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Ready. Set. Snow.
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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A horse of many colors
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan