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Nat Geo: Fiji's Rainbow Reefs
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Coral Bleaching

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Bleached staghorn and other corals on a shallow reef in the Fiji Island. Note that the white areas are bleached (have lost their algae), but brown areas have retained their algae. Reefs can recover from this type of partial bleaching and this one did.

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A5, bleached coral, Fiji Reefs, Landscape, Ocean, Pacific Islands, Staghorn Coral, Underwater, Z1
Bleached staghorn and other corals on a shallow reef in the Fiji Island.  Note that the white areas are bleached (have lost their algae), but brown areas have retained their algae.  Reefs can recover from this type of partial bleaching and this one did.