connected. coral bleaching is a stress response when zooxanthellae are expelled from their coral hosts due largely to increasing ocean temps. with an increase of just a few degrees, global bleaching events have been noted throughout the world. it’s estimated that without climate action, 90% of the world’s reefs will be gone by 2050…the reefs and their inhabitants.
Nature’s castaways become homes.
Our castaways become hazards.
One shell, one bottle—two shelters, but only one belongs.
In an area where bottom trawling has decimated the reef system, these nudibranchs stood out against the backdrop giving hope of life renewed to divers passing by.
these aren’t reefs.
These are bottles.
And yet, life adapts—because it has to.
Let’s give these fish something better to call home.
smaller than a thumbtack, nearly invisible among the coral it calls home—this pygmy seahorse is a master of camouflage. the reef is full of quiet miracles like this.
tiny terror-painted perfect. bold, tiny, and dazzlingly designed—the blue-ringed octopus is proof that the ocean doesn’t just create life, it creates art. every glowing ring is a brushstroke in nature’s most brilliant defense, reminding us that beauty and power often come in the smallest packages.
nighttime fluorescence
