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Photo Gallery: Coral Reefs
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Photo: Cluster of orange cup coral on a support piling of a pier
Photo: Cluster of orange cup coral on a support piling of a pierPhoto: Large gorgonian sea fan on a reef wallPhoto: Close view of the surface of a coralPhoto: School of striped grunt hover over a coral reefPhoto: Close view of a saddled butterflyfish near a feeding coral
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Cup coral explodes in orange.
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