You might look twice if you passed by this Technicolor sea creature gliding through the ocean water. In celebration of World Octopus Day, we"re marveling at a photograph of the rarely seen blanket octopus, near Palm Beach, Florida. The blanket octopus gets its common name from the sheets of webbing that stretch between some arms of the female, like the one pictured here. When threatened, it spreads out its arms, creating a blanketlike silhouette to intimidate would-be attackers.
An underwater rainbow
Today in History
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Bridge to infinity
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Indigo bunting
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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Space is for everyone
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The birth of Bauhaus
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Celebrating 30 years of eye-opening images
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Poinsettia Day
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The borrowed days are here
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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Dog days of summer
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Winter Olympics in Beijing
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World Photography Day
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Surf s up—Down Under
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National Take a Hike Day
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Travel Sunday: On the Ganges in Varanasi, India
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The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Float on
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A night of art and culture
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Fibonacci Day
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Maya site of Copán
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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Christmas Eve
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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Darwin s Arch
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Maybe we should be looking up
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Total solar eclipse
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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