Pamela Benson, Cargo on the Coral Sea (June: Nature's Perfect Geometry)

One of the most beautiful places on Earth - the Coral Sea - off the Australian North East Coast. Ocean shipping between eastern Australia and the South Pacific Islands and China traverses the sea by way of a channel 320 km (200 miles) east of the Great Barrier Reef.

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