OuiSi Nature · Card 86
Closed Brain Coral
- Location
- Bligh Water, Fiji
- Date
- May 26, 2018
Photograph byKate VyletDescription
The textures and colors of coral are unreal! As incredible as the whole tropical reefscape is, one can just as easily get lost in the details. Much of a coral's color comes from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae that live in its tissues and are also its main source of food. When the water is too warm, corals expel the algae and turn completely white. A bleached coral is not dead.
Photo linkinstagram.com/p/Bl5lMV5nxDM
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleractinia
The photographer
Kate Vylet
Underwater photographer/videographer and scientific diver
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