Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual — Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
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Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual blanket of water pulled back by a celestial hand.

— Mary Ellen Hannibal, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
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