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Red Sea Red Sea and its surroundings Coral reef in the Red Sea Red Sea: El Gouna, Egypt Global shipping through the Suez Canal Scuba divers in the Red Sea.
Explore the cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv–Yafo and the natural sites of the Dead Sea and the Red Canyon
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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Shallow staghorn water corals in fringing reef at low tide in Thailand. (coral reefs; endangered area; ocean habitat; sea habitat; coral reef)
Unknown Waters
wave. ocean. Cresting ocean wave. Large sea waves. storm, hurricane, tropical cyclone
All About Oceans and Seas Quiz
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Sailboat against a beautiful landscape
Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?
World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok
Just How Many Oceans Are There?
Small canyon underwater carved by the swell into the fore reef with sunlight through water surface, Huahine island, Pacific ocean, French Polynesia.
A Tale of Two Submerged Continents
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Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.
Holi: Festival of Colors
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.
7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History
Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona
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Red Sea and its surroundings
Coral reef in the Red Sea
Red Sea: El Gouna, Egypt
Global shipping through the Suez Canal
Scuba divers in the Red Sea.
Explore the cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv–Yafo and the natural sites of the Dead Sea and the Red Canyon
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Shallow staghorn water corals in fringing reef at low tide in Thailand. (coral reefs; endangered area; ocean habitat; sea habitat; coral reef)
Unknown Waters
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
wave. ocean. Cresting ocean wave. Large sea waves. storm, hurricane, tropical cyclone
All About Oceans and Seas Quiz
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Sailboat against a beautiful landscape
Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?