At 132,974 square miles, the Great Barrier Reef is about half the size of Texas, a statistic that becomes even more amazing when you learn the reef was created by teeny, tiny marine invertebrates. Coral reefs are formed when colonies of coral polyps secrete hard exoskeletons made of calcium carbonate, slowly building an underwater home that supports marine life of all shapes and sizes. That’s a feat worth protecting.
A Great view from above
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Festivus
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Fall for Chile
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Dyavolski Most
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Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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In memory of those lost
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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The view will stop you in your tracks
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This view is brought to you by…
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Road to Sa Calobra, Majorca, Spain
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
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Halo around the sun
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Global commerce in motion
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Marine Day in Japan
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National Park Week continues
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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Fibonacci Day
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A whale of a picture
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Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
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This park is Superkilen
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Nomads of the Gobi
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International Day of Mangrove Conservation
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Glowworm caves in Australia
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Black History Month
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Cold? What cold?
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A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
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National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
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And you thought moths were boring