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Thousands of seals bask in the sun on Massachusetts beach

Thousands of seals were spotted at a beach on Monomoy Island in southern Massachusetts on 10 April. Local media said the island is an ideal habitat for seals, hence the large numbers. Pilot Aaron Knight captured the footage as he was flying over the island off Chatham, Massachusetts. Apr 14, 2016

Elon Musk hails SpaceX rocket landing as ‘step towards the stars’

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hailed the breakthrough landing of its rocket booster at sea on 8 April, during a post-launch news conference at the Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a cargo run for the International Space Station and its reusable main-stage booster landed itself on an ocean platform in a dramatic spaceflight first. Apr 9, 2016

SpaceX lands reusable rocket on ocean platform for first time

SpaceX landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 8 April, in the latest of entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space exploration ventures. The Falcon 9 launch was successful and the Dragon cargo ship was propelled to the International Space Station, where it is expected to arrive in two days. Footage from the “chase plane” shows the rocket safely landing on the ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ drone pad. Apr 9, 2016

Florida reef transforms into underwater art gallery

An artificial reef in the Florida Keys has become a temporary gallery for a subsea art exhibition. Video released on 3 April, by the Florida Keys News Bureau shows divers hanging artwork on the 523ft Gen. Hoyt S Vandenberg, the worlds second-largest artificial reef located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary about seven miles south of Key West. Apr 4, 2016
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