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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Glacial rivers in Iceland
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Goats don t grow on trees
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Burns Night in Scotland
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Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
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Upstate autumn
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Boxing Day
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Happy Pi Day!
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National Hug Day
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Fall comes to Pando
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Harvest season begins
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A peak in the clouds
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Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships
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River otters at Acadia National Park, Maine
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Happy World Meteorological Day
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Craters of the Moon centennial
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Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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A step toward freedom
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Behold the perfect cone
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A festival of colors
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It s Slovenia s Independence and Unity Day
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A long, erratic commute
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Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
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Denali National Park
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Llama Day
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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Anniversary of Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
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