Photo of the Day

Underwater cemetery
August 24, 2011

Neptune Memorial Reef, Florida

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Tomtate grunts and yellowtail snapper swim through Neptune Memorial Reef, an underwater cemetery with decorative arches and columns installed on the ocean floor off Miami Beach. The cremated remains of about 200 people have been mixed with cement and molded into memorial sculptures.

See more pictures from the February 2011 feature story "Relics to Reefs."


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Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic

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