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Branching Coral

With alphabetic intent, this branching coral near the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean Sea seems to be spelling out a message. The coral’s hard calcium-carbonate skeleton provides the form, and the symbiotic algae they host create the color.

Photograph by Heather Perry