New Coral Reefs Discovered


	New Coral Reefs Discovered

CrazyRedHead

7-12-2008 2:38 PM

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ocean, ecology, biology, science

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7-12-2008 4:48 PM

carrerinyes

Beautiful!

7-13-2008 9:12 PM

meancookie89

Amazing !!!! maybe mother nature is recovering a bit!

7-18-2008 10:30 PM

righthand

Isn't purple very unusual in nature? Brilliant.

There's a coral reef off the west coat of Ireland courtesy of the Gulf Stream. Don't think that it;s as colourful as this.

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