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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Many Mouths

These are the individual corallite structures of an Astrea coral. You can see the little mouths in the center of the fluorescent green coloring of the corallite.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Maharepa, French Polynesia
Camera: TG-6
Copyright: © Kathryn Scafidi