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Title: The Great Spawn. Cayman Islands.
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A large colony of mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) spawning at night in late summer. This backlit photo shows the synchronous release of bundles of eggs and sperm from the polyps of the coral. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- coral reef
- eggs
- Grand Cayman
- reproduction
- sex
- star coral: Montastrea annularis
- tropical
- wide angle
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