Best of 2007

National Geographic

Photo of the Day: Best of 2007

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Approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Belize City, the almost perfectly circular Blue Hole is more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) across and some 400 feet (123 meters) deep.

The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers. Today the Blue Hole is famed for its sponges, barracuda, corals, angelfish—and a school of sharks often seen patrolling the hole’s edge.

 

Pretty good find!

 

Pretty Cool.....

 

Wow, thats like a perfect circle found in nature (eat that 5th grade Geometry teacher who insists that perfect shapes are never found in nature!) Great find Omard!

 

I would love to scuba dive that spot for at least a month, wow

 

I spend a good deal of time wandering around the Natl. Geographic web site...

Coral Reef Color​

Coral Reef Color, A Fish's-Eye View, Sights & Sounds - National Geographic Magazine

Gaze at the vivid yellows, blues, and psychedelic swirls of a single emperor angelfish and you'll sense the whimsy of evolution. Go on to explore its home in lush coral reefs and you'll soon hit sensory overload, assaulted by colors and patterns that range from sublime to garish. Coral reefs are unquestionably the world's most colorful places. But why?​

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Thanks for sharing! Photos taken by NG people are adorable!