Jun 11, 2009 – Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef, between Cairns and Townsville Australia — Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Terra Standard RM / Corbis

• 17 kinds of sea snake, 1,500 kinds of fish, 7 kinds of sea turtles, 400 kinds of coral, 5,000 kinds of mollusks.
  See what lives in the Great Barrier Reef
• On this day in 1770, Captain James Cook became the first European to see the Great Barrier Reef.
  He wrecked his ship on it
• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s most popular destinations for snorkelers and scuba divers.
  Watch and learn why
• The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest single structure made by living organisms.
  You can see it from space