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Rogers photographed this brain coral in Hurricane Hole over several weeks in late summer 2010. On August 28, the coral had started to turn pale (left); by September 6, it was very bleached (middle); but by September 25, it had started to recover (right). The symbiotic algae that give the corals their color recover more quickly on the sides of the colony, which are not as exposed to direct sunlight.