One of the greatest marvels of the marine world, the Belize Barrier Reef runs 190 miles along the Central American country"s Caribbean coast. It"s part of the larger Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System that stretches from Mexico"s Yucatan Peninsula to Honduras and is the second-largest reef in the world behind the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, the Belize Barrier Reef has remained relatively healthy even as many of the planet"s reefs are threatened by climate change.
Belize Barrier Reef
Today in History
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Happy Independence Day!
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Asteroid Day
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Over and under the delta
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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An aviation celebration
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia
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Boating on the Bojo
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A hermitage with a view
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Oktoberfest begins
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A star is borne by seaweed
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The persistence of Perito Moreno
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Dressed to impress
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National Bison Day
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harlem
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Spring blooms in the Netherlands
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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Memorial Day
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Walking among the giants
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Icelandic horses, Iceland
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Happy World Photography Day!
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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