Underwater Photos Marine
Animals. Underwater Photos of scuba diving on the living
coral reefs of our beautiful blue world. Underwater photos
of some of the beautiful marine animals, tropical fish and sea creatures
that are found on a living coral reef. Photos of the colorful coral
itself, did you know that a coral reef is a living structure made
up of millions of tiny marine animals called Coral Polyps see their
photos, they are living rocks. A coral reef can be home to as many
different animal species as a tropical rainforest.
Underwater Photos Coral Reefs. Underwater
photos of scuba diving in our tropical seas with marine
animals like Giant Green Moray Eels and huge Stingrays. See amazing
underwater photos of scuba divers interacting with these beautiful
sea creatures and marine animals. Underwater photos and photography
from Stingray City in Grand Cayman, photos of the place that Scuba
Diver magazine once called the worlds greatest shallow dive. |
Living Coral Reefs.
A living coral
reef is as diverse as any rain forest and can be likened to a
rain forest, where the coral it self is the equivalent of a
tree. Many trees make a forest and many corals make a reef. Many
woodland creatures depend on the trees for food and as a home
and it is the same with a reef. Marine animals of all shapes and
sizes live on a coral reef. Corals are tiny marine animals,
called polyps, coral polyps are related to and look like sea
anemones. Each individual coral secretes a stony cup of
limestone around itself as a skeleton.
The polyps divide as they
grow and form coral colonies. As the coral colonies build up on
top of each other, they gradually form a coral reef. Individual
coral colonies may be up to 1000 years old. Coral reefs may be
many thousands of years old, forming slowly over time,
responding to changes in sea level and other environmental
conditions. A coral reef is the largest living structure on our
planet. |
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Underwater Photos Galleries - Coral Reefs -
Marine Animals - Tropical Fish. |
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