A mushroom coral (Fungia sp.) in Indonesia has expelled its symbiotic zooxanthellae and bleached due to high sea temperatures.

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Location: Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Ethan Daniels / Alamy / Afripics
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