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Great Barrier Reef

A Whole New World Underwater

A scuba diver discovers a colorful underwater world at the Great Barrier Reef which extends 2000 kilometres all along the northern Queensland coast and into Torres Strait south of Papua New Guinea. It is the world's most extensive reef system and has been created by living organisms, the marine polyps of the family Coelenterata. Scuba diver underwater at the Great Barrier Reef
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Photo courtesy of Australian Tourist Commission © ATC 1997

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