A Caribbean scorpionfish fin fluorescences as it lays on a coral reef off the coast of Belize. Why certain organisms fluoresce is unknown.

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Location: Turneffe Atoll, Belize
Photo credit: © Ethan Daniels / Alamy / Afripics
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