The Great Barrier Reef is a living expanse of coral that stretches for over 2,000 kilometres along the east coast of Australia. It is home to an enormous variety of colourful fish, such as the purple anthias shown above. A collection of stunning photographs of the reef by David Doubilet is now published in Great Barrier Reef (National Geographic Society, $40).
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A splash of colour. Nature 419, 435 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419435b
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