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Cakaulevu Reef, Fiji
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Cakaulevu Reef, Fiji

An unusually cloud-free day provided this spectacular view of Cakaulevu Reef, Fiji, the world’s third largest reef system.

Published Aug 13, 2011

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Rowley Shoals, Timor Sea
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Rowley Shoals, Timor Sea

Rowley Shoals, a series of atolls off northwestern Australia, are popular with divers and fisherman interested in the hundreds of marine species.

Published Nov 7, 2011

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Sediment over the Great Barrier Reef
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Sediment over the Great Barrier Reef

Streaks of brilliant blue water over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in this true-color image reveals some of Cyclone Yasi’s impact on the ocean.

Published Feb 4, 2011

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Heavy Sediment along the Queensland Coast
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Heavy Sediment along the Queensland Coast

Acquired January 4, 2011, this natural-color image shows heavy sediment runoff around Cape Bowling Green, Queensland.

Published Jan 5, 2011

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Great Barrier Reef
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Great Barrier Reef

Published Mar 10, 2003

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Great Barrier Reef near Whitsunday Islands
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Great Barrier Reef near Whitsunday Islands

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef system on Earth, with more than 3,000 separate reefs and coral cays. It is also one of the most complex natural ecosystems.

Published May 31, 2016

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Stress on the Great Barrier Reef
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Stress on the Great Barrier Reef

In February 2017, the Great Barrier Reef continued to be exposed to warm ocean water—the main stressor on this coral system and the reason for its bleaching.

Published Mar 16, 2017

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Mangroves and Coral Reefs, Viti Levu, Fiji
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Mangroves and Coral Reefs, Viti Levu, Fiji

Deep green forest on land and the delicate turquoise coral reef in the ocean mirror each other in this true-color image of Viti Levu, Fiji, from December 18, 2009.

Published Dec 26, 2009

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Fringing Coral Reef, Red Sea
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Fringing Coral Reef, Red Sea

The Sudanese coast of the Red Sea is a well-known destination for diving due to clear water and abundance of coral reefs (or shia’ab in Arabic). Reefs are formed primarily from precipitation of calcium carbonate by corals. (In addition to its commonly used meaning, precipitation can also describe how something dissolved in a solution becomes “undissolved” through chemical or biological processes.) Massive reef structures are built over thousands of years of succeeding generations of coral. In the Red Sea, fringing reefs form on shallow shelves of less than 50 meters depth along the coastline. This astronaut photograph illustrates the intricate morphology of the reef system located along the coast between Port Sudan to the northwest and the Tokar River delta to the southeast.

Published Mar 14, 2005

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Ningaloo National Marine Park, Western Australia
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Ningaloo National Marine Park, Western Australia

Ningaloo Reef, along the shore of Western Australia, is Australia’s largest fringing coral reef. It is also the world’s only large reef located so close to a landmass.

Published Sep 7, 2008

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