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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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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World Elephant Day
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International Literacy Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Village of Santa Maddalena, Dolomites, Italy
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Too awesome to be a planet
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Celebrating the International Day of Forests
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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A tower of remembrance
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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White trilliums blooming in Ontario, Canada
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Splendid leaf frog
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Where the glow of the holidays lingers
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Tree of many colors
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When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…
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Even nature needs a backup plan…
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Cinco de Mayo
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Crown Fountain by Jume Plensa at Millennium Park in Chicago
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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Petroglyphs near Fruita in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Manatee Awareness Month
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
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