Not all white anemones are healthy—many are actually bleached from heat stress, just like corals 🪸 When the ocean warms, anemones can lose their symbiotic algae, turning pale and vulnerable 😢
📸 @brookepykephotography “I’ve seen more bleached anemones than ever lately. At first glance, they look beautiful—but it’s important to know what that whiteness really means.”
Swipe to see the contrast between bleached and healthy anemones, each home to their clownfish companions 🐠
📸 @brookepykephotography