Cumulus clouds over the Caribbean
© F. M. Kearney/plainpictur
Cloud cover in the Caribbean. High above the reef
If we could dip down below those happy little clouds, we’d be on the bright blue waters of the Caribbean. And if we could dip down further below the surf, we’d be greeted by the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second largest coral reef on Earth (after the Great Barrier Reef). This Caribbean reef system covers 620 miles of the sea floor and is home to one of the world’s largest manatee populations, and a fair amount of the world’s largest fish: the whale shark.
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Long-beaked common dolphin pod and diving Cape gannets hunting Pacific sardines off the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Florida red-bellied turtle in Rainbow Springs, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
Humpback whales and dolphins, Hawaii
Heart-shaped island with sandy beach, offshore coral reef, Indian Ocean, Maldives
Bluespotted ribbontail ray near Perth, Australia
Common octopus in sea grass off the coast of France in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea
Giant manta ray and a photographer off the Ningaloo Coast, Australia
