…it"s World Sea Turtle Day! The gentle giant seen here doing the wave was snapped mid-dive, headed to the seafloor near the Great Barrier Reef to munch some marine grass. The green sea turtle is among the larger of the seven sea turtle species, with some individuals reaching 5 feet in length and weighing 700 pounds. They live throughout the world"s subtropical waters, and like other sea turtles, they migrate long distances for food. Despite all that traveling, they return to hatch their eggs on the same select nesting beaches where they were born.
Put your flippers in the air…
Today in History
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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What, no escalator?
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Let the holiday shopping commence
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Happy Easter!
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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What happened to these clouds?
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Point Reyes National Seashore in California
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Happy World Photography Day!
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Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California
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Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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Antarctica Day
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Shark Awareness Day
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An island hopper s paradise
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Of moles and liquid nitrogen
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A Eurasian lynx in Siberia
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Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
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South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida
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World Lizard Day
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World Rainforest Day
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Labor Day parade in 1915 Chicago
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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A wonderland in winter
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What s going on in this sky?
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