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Shot from the sea floor looking up, a man in snorkeling equipment and a teal shirt is silhouetted against the blue water and the bright light of the sun, visible at the ocean's surface. In the bottom-center of the frame is a lumpy mass of brown-orange coral.

Samuel Suleiman Builds Coral Garden

"OCEANOS instructor Samuel Suleiman constructs a “coral garden” around an endangered species of coral (center right, fuzzy brown section), called pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), which he discovered while leading the field work portion of the internship at Playa Melones, Puerto Rico. This underwater garden should attract fish and wildlife such as sea urchins, which will give the endangered coral — and the other species in this small reef — a better chance of survival.

Image Credit: NASA/Milan Loiacono
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