IN PICTURES: Brain Production? No, This Is How Nature Is Helped
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- A photograph by Dan Mele shows a hatchery supporting the assisted reproduction of brain coral, rather than a laboratory producing human brains.
- The image has been entered in the Hope category of the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition.
They rest in a water tank as if waiting to grow large enough for the open sea. But Dan Mele’s photograph does not show a laboratory producing brains, despite its striking appearance.
It captures a hatchery for the assisted reproduction of brain coral, a marine coral species. The unusual scene reflects one way people are helping nature by supporting coral reproduction.
Mele’s photograph is among the entries in the Hope category of the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition.
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