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The Link Between Zebra Stripes and Sand Dunes | Natural Patterns
Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually the result of physical process that show up again and again, even in otherwise unrelated phenomena.
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MS School of Melas Angelfish (centropyge tibicens, aka Keyhole Angelfish)with few Powder Blue Tangs (acanthurus leucosternon) swimming over reef / South Africa
MS School of Melas Angelfish (centropyge tibicens, aka Keyhole Angelfish)with few Powder Blue Tangs (acanthurus leucosternon) swimming over reef / South Africa
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CU Geometric and paint spotted moray eels lying and hiding in cave and pushing water over gills / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
CU Geometric and paint spotted moray eels lying and hiding in cave and pushing water over gills / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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MS POV Angelfish on reef / Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
MS POV Angelfish on reef / Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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MS ZI TS Shot of Angelfish pair pair on reef / Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
MS ZI TS Shot of Angelfish pair pair on reef / Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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MS Shot of Six banded angelfish swimming over colorful reef / Sipadan, Semporna, Tawau, Malaysia
MS Shot of Six banded angelfish swimming over colorful reef / Sipadan, Semporna, Tawau, Malaysia
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CU Shot of Six banded angelfish swimming in front of reef / Sipadan, Semporna, Tawau, Malaysia
CU Shot of Six banded angelfish swimming in front of reef / Sipadan, Semporna, Tawau, Malaysia
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MS Shot of Various fish swimming around and between black coral with feather star swaying with surge / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
MS Shot of Various fish swimming around and between black coral with feather star swaying with surge / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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WS Shot of School of snapper and sweeper fish swimming around reef including white spotted rock cod / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
WS Shot of School of snapper and sweeper fish swimming around reef including white spotted rock cod / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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MS Shot of reef covering with black coral with various fish swimming around and hiding / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
MS Shot of reef covering with black coral with various fish swimming around and hiding / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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MS Shot of Geometric and paint spotted moray eels lying or hiding in cave and pushing water over gills / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
MS Shot of Geometric and paint spotted moray eels lying or hiding in cave and pushing water over gills / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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MS Shot of School of snapper fish feeding on sea floor covering with sponge and swaying seaweed with fire fish and goatfish / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
MS Shot of School of snapper fish feeding on sea floor covering with sponge and swaying seaweed with fire fish and goatfish / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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WS Shot of School of snapper fish feeding on sea floor covering with sponge and swaying seaweed with fire fish and goatfish / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
WS Shot of School of snapper fish feeding on sea floor covering with sponge and swaying seaweed with fire fish and goatfish / Matola, Maputo, Mozambique
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MS Shot of Tomato rockcod resting along reef ledge covered with coral and sponge / Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
MS Shot of Tomato rockcod resting along reef ledge covered with coral and sponge / Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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CU Shot of Single coral rockcod and juvenile emperor angelfish swimming beneath reef ledge with single juvenile cleaner shrimp cleaning rockcod / Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
CU Shot of Single coral rockcod and juvenile emperor angelfish swimming beneath reef ledge with single juvenile cleaner shrimp cleaning rockcod / Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
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CU Shot of Single coral rockcod swimming beneath reef ledge with single juvenile emperor angelfish swimming around rockcod / Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
CU Shot of Single coral rockcod swimming beneath reef ledge with single juvenile emperor angelfish swimming around rockcod / Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique