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Shark Bay, Western Australia
A brush-stroke bay
Whilst this might look like a masterpiece from New York's Museum of Modern Art, we're actually on the opposite side of the world from it. Our aerial shot shows Shark Bay, the westernmost point in Australia – a spot known not only for its 28 species of sharks, but also for two other lifeforms of interest. One is the dugong, or sea cow, a cousin to the manatee that numbers more than 10,000 within the bay. The other is less cute (not to mention less alive) but perhaps even more fascinating; layered microbial fossils called stromatolites – the remains of some of the oldest known organisms – dot the shallows of the bay.
A brush-stroke bay
Whilst this might look like a masterpiece from New York's Museum of Modern Art, we're actually on the opposite side of the world from it. Our aerial shot shows Shark Bay, the westernmost point in Australia – a spot known not only for its 28 species of sharks, but also for two other lifeforms of interest. One is the dugong, or sea cow, a cousin to the manatee that numbers more than 10,000 within the bay. The other is less cute (not to mention less alive) but perhaps even more fascinating; layered microbial fossils called stromatolites – the remains of some of the oldest known organisms – dot the shallows of the bay.
The picturesque westernmost point of Australia hosts heaps of biodiversity.
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