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A newly hatched green sea turtle making its way from a nest to the ocean. The photographer spent several weeks volunteering at a research station on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. Green sea turtles are the most common turtle in the area.

Photo by UCSD student Natalie Rhoades