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The Underwater Amazon

There were pretty spectacular coral reefs off of the Indonesian coast up until pretty recently. Near the area called Raja Ampat, a collection of coral and life was called the “Underwater Amazon”. It was regarded as one of the best in the world, and you'd think it would be protected. But in 2017, there was a debating incident. Unbelievably, a British cruise ship crashed into it after veering off its planned route. Yes, seriously!

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The crash damaged 1,600 square meters of the reef, and experts are not optimistic that it is growing back anytime soon. It could take 100 years to naturally rebuild itself.