From this vantage point high over the Indian Ocean, we have a spectacular view of the "underwater waterfall" formed off the coast of Mauritius. Not a true waterfall, this is an optical illusion—it"s really the trails of sand and silt deposits on the seafloor being washed by currents over the edge of an ocean shelf. But we"re probably not alone in thinking at first glance that the ocean is pouring into some massive unseen drainpipe.
Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
Today in History
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Kissing Day
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A day for our oceans
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Illuminating Annecy
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The town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
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Digging the birds
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Old Rock Day
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Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
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Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
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Bask in the glow—It s World Turtle Day
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Porto Timoni beach, Greece
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Native American Heritage Month
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Pamukkale, Turkey
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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Happy World Laughter Day
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Pollinator Week
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Purple crocus flowers, Seven Rila Lakes, Bulgaria
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Fashion models of the avian world
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A seabird gets schooled
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Sky island views
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Wahclella Falls, Oregon
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Christmas Bird Count
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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Fat Bear Week
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Square Tower House in Mesa Verde National Park
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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In Sicily, history is everywhere
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