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View of Isla Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Photo is taken from a boat on the water looking back toward the shoreline with an expansive metropolis of buildings.
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View of Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A wave is breaking over the coral reef. Reefs provide protection from coastal inundation during large storms to vulnerable coastlines like this one.

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