Images 31-40
Version: 1999/09/27

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 10 1999. Top of 40 metre (130 feet) long mineral accretion breakwater with head corals growing on top.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 11 1999. End of large breakwater structure after a year and a half of growth.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 12 1999. Top of large breakwater structure with large corals that survived catastrophic bleaching event.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 13 1999. Another view of the top of the large breakwater covered with corals.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 14 1999. Top view of breakwater, showing variety of reef fish and large corals solidly embedded into growing mineral accretion.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 15 1999. Fish swimming inside the structure.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 16 1999. Top view of large breakwater with reef fish.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 17 1999. Top view of large
breakwater, showing large corals killed by bleaching on the top, but
surving and growing around the sides and bottom.
 

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 18 1999. Rapidly growing branching coral on large breakwater.

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Ihuru Necklace, Maldives. April 21 1999. Close up of
rapidly growing branching coral whose branches are spreading along the
structure's surface.