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The seas are pink with Coral spawn

As crazy as this sounds, aren’t you glad you are not combating this within your aquarium right now?

The annual mass spawning of corals on the Palau archipelago in the western Pacific has occurred right on cue.

With Sunday night’s full moon, coral polyps let forth a huge swathe of sperm and egg, to seed the next generation.

The event was short-lived - only about 30 minutes - but so vast in its scale that it turned the sea water pink.

Read the rest in the article over at BBC. There are pictures and video along with the story. Quite an interesting incident.

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World’s Most Impressive Fake Aquarium?

I can dig it.

A 250m by 30m LED screen has been installed in the ceiling of a new mall in Beijing. That’s an impressive 7,500 square meters of viewable area, and comes with an impressive $32 million price tag to match. It hangs 80 feet in the air, and is actually five screens combined. Check out a video after the jump.

Read more and see photos at Gizmodo.

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