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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater tropical seascape showing a mix of Acropora Corals and Crinoid Feather Stars at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mushroom Coral (Fungia sp.). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (possibly: Leptoria sp.) and Blue Linckia Sea Star. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver exploring underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hard Coral (possibly Acropora elseyi). Kimbe bay, Papua New Guinea.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Unidentified Brain Coral competing for space with Branching Acropora Coral in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Competition for living space among coral species is intense in a coral reef.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endangered and protected Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, surviving in the northernmost point of the species' range.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver viewing endangered and diseased Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) photographed offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is the northernmost colony of this species found to date in the east coast of the U.S. Protected species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Diploria strigosa) suffering from White Plague, a disease that has ravaged coral reefs in the Western Atlantic. Photo taken in Juno Beach, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral aquaculture. Corals (Acropora sp.), being propagated on a reef in Palau, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Brain Coral (Colpophyllia sp.), showing close detail. Photo taken off Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, Caribbean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Lettuce Coral (Turbinaria sp.). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Split scene showing a tropical coral reef and a live-aboard dive vessel. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shallow coral reef scene. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel Diver exploring a tropical coral reef at Kadavu Island, Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, usually living in the shade of caves and on vertical walls.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) close-up of head detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
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Fish feeding on algae attached to Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) carapace. Sipadan Island, Malaysia.Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - with carapace covered in barnacles. Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - feeding on sponge. Juno Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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