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  • A rocky seamount rising toward the surface with circling fish and rich coral and sponge growth.  Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) in silouette.<br />
<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Siren's Point" dive site
    150313_02905 - Version 2.jpg
  • Large school of Bigeye Crevalle Jack (Caranx sexfasciatus) circle near a seamount.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Twin Peaks" dive site
    150312_02576.jpg
  • Roughjaw Frogfish (Antennarius avalonis) poised among sponge branches on a rocky reef.<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Wahoo" dive site
    150312_02769 - Version 2.jpg
  • Canales de Afuera Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Manta Channel" dive site
    150311_02251 - Version 2.jpg
  • Crown-of-thorns sea star<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Prosper Rock" dive site
    150307_00614.jpg
  • Cortez Angelfish (Pomacanthus zonipectus) juvenile color form.<br />
Example of regional endemic, special to Eastern Tropical Pacific.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"The Fridge" dive site
    150307_00377 - Version 3.jpg
  • A rocky seamount rising toward the surface with circling fish and rich coral and sponge growth.  Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) in silouette.<br />
<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Siren's Point" dive site
    150313_02905.jpg
  • American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) on a beach on Coiba Island.  <br />
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This individula is wild, but apparently has a history of being fed by humans, so frequents a bay near the ranger station on Coiba.  He is locally know as "Tito".  Appears to be approximately 4 M long.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
    150312_02851.jpg
  • Canales de Afuera Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Manta Channel" dive site
    150311_02251.jpg
  • Lars Abromeit diving on a Coiba seamount covered with sea fans and soft corals and with<br />
Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) and other fish<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands, N of Brancanco Isl.<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Roller Coaster" dive site
    150309_01372.jpg
  • Crown-of-thorns sea star<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Prosper Rock" dive site
    150307_00614 - Version 2.jpg
  • Sea Star detail<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands,<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"The Fridge" dive site
    150307_00214 - Version 2.jpg
  • A 9 year-old girl with a biggie board in the ocean.
    130712-006.jpg
  • American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) on a beach on Coiba Island.  <br />
<br />
This individula is wild, but apparently has a history of being fed by humans, so frequents a bay near the ranger station on Coiba.  He is locally know as "Tito".  Appears to be approximately 4 M long.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
    150312_02851 - Version 2.jpg
  • Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) on a rocky seamount in Coiba NP.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands, N of Brancanco Isl.<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Roller Coaster" dive site
    150309_01394.jpg
  • Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) on a rocky seamount in Coiba NP.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands, N of Brancanco Isl.<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Roller Coaster" dive site
    150309_01394 - Version 2.jpg
  • Lars Abromeit diving on a Coiba seamount covered with sea fans and soft corals and with<br />
Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia) and other fish<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands, N of Brancanco Isl.<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Roller Coaster" dive site
    150309_01372 - Version 2.jpg
  • Sea Star detail<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands,<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"The Fridge" dive site
    150307_00214.jpg
  • Cortez Angelfish (Pomacanthus zonipectus) juvenile color form.<br />
Example of regional endemic, special to Eastern Tropical Pacific.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"The Fridge" dive site
    150307_00377 - Version 2.jpg
  • A 12 year-old boy with a boogie board in the ocean.
    130712-078.jpg
  • Roughjaw Frogfish (Antennarius avalonis) poised among sponge branches on a rocky reef.<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Wahoo" dive site
    150312_02769.jpg
  • Large school of Bigeye Crevalle Jack (Caranx sexfasciatus) circle near a seamount.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Twin Peaks" dive site
    150312_02576 - Version 2.jpg
  • Sunset over the Pacific Ocean at Moss Landing with shorebirds on the beach including Marbled godwits (Limosa fedoa) and Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus).  California.  Oct 2002.
    CA215-30.jpg
  • A group of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) head for the ocean.
    090121-708.jpg
  • A California gull (Larus californicus) flying over the ocean.
    CA197-22.jpg
  • A 5 year old boy and 2 year old little sister looks out on the ocean from a beach on the Olympic Peninsula.
    050828-060.jpg
  • Male Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) approaching his nest.  A strangler fig tree is growing on the nest tree, and ocean is visible in the background..Tangkoko Batuangus/Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
    Knobbed Hornbill Flying To Nest.jpg
  • Female Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) at her nest holding fruit in bill.  A strangler fig tree is growing on the nest tree, and ocean is visible in the background..Tangkoko Batuangus/Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
    HO17-14.jpg
  • 5 year old boy looks out on the ocean from a beach on the Olympic Peninsula.
    050828-053.jpg
  • A 9 year-old girl boogie boarding in San Diego.
    130712-140.jpg
  • A canoe passes Gam island at sunset.
    R4-070509-511.jpg
  • Sperm whale in the Dampier Strait between Batanta and Waigeo.
    R4-070421-005.jpg
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR63-17.jpg
  • Grounded icebergs near Pleneau Island, Antarctica
    090125-299.jpg
  • Iceberg with Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the distance.
    090121-382.jpg
  • A goby rests on a wire coral which has most of its polyps extended.  This species of goby often lives on wire corals.
    Goby on Wire Coral.jpg
  • Reef view with hard corals (Acropora sp.) and schools of Slender Anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) hovering over the reef.  All these fish can find hiding places on the reef if a predator comes by..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.
    FR92-07.jpg
  • Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii).  Monterey Bay, California.  Oct 2002.
    CA196-33.jpg
  • Semi-permanent fishermans camp at Tanjung Besi, Gam Island.  These outsiders from Buton Island, Sulawesi, come here for moths at a stretch to fish at night for small fish...This view is inside one of the huts on stilts over the water where a woman is preparing rice and fish for men preparing to go out fishing for the night.  The jerrycans are their water supply, which must be hauled from a spring.
    R4-070511-485.jpg
  • The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-258.jpg
  • Two species of sweetlips hover in front of a sea fan an other corals on a reef outcrop...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-506.jpg
  • Sperm whale in the Dampier Strait between Batanta and Waigeo.
    R4-070421-021.jpg
  • Split level/over-under view of karst islands and staghorn corals in the Wayag Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070419-146.jpg
  • Wayag Islands are an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands NW of Waigeo.
    R4-070418-170.jpg
  • Wayag Islands are an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands NW of Waigeo.
    R4-070418-123.jpg
  • Very low tide reveals the coral reef from above the surface..Exploratory dive trip with Max Amar, Gerry and Mark Allen.
    R4-070417-346.jpg
  • Mt. Nook, highest peak on Waigeo in afternoon light..This is an area of Waigeo Island visited by Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850's.
    R4-070415-083.jpg
  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
    R4-070413-126.jpg
  • A recently bleached table coral on a reef in Fiji.  Other corals in the area have not been bleached (ie. retained their algae), so this was a selective bleaching event.
    PI253-13c.jpg
  • Iceberg with Adelie Penguin
    090201-352 - Version 2.jpg
  • Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) climbing snowfield to reach breeding colony on Useful Island in the Gerlache Strait.
    090206-546.jpg
  • Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)on sea ice in Crystal Sound, Antarctica.
    090205-009.jpg
  • Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on the beach with icebergs at Devil Island, Antarctica.
    090201-1472.jpg
  • Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in Neko Harbor, Andvord Bay.
    090123-931.jpg
  • Adult Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in Neko Harbor, Andvord Bay.
    090123-1272.jpg
  • An aerial view of the Salak River with Mount Santubong in the distance.
    ngs0_7916.jpg
  • Adult Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) bathing.
    MM7245-050525-02416.jpg
  • Close view of brown pelicans (Pelecanus Occidentalis) in breeding plumage.
    Brown Pelicans 1.jpg
  • A coral reef with a variety of soft and hard corals and anthias and golden damselfish.  Vatu-i-Ra Channel, Fiji.
    MM7059_0030.jpg
  • A giant manta (Manta birostris) with a golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) in its wing.
    MM7059_0028c.jpg
  • Bleached staghorn and other corals on a shallow reef in the Fiji Island.  Note that the white areas are bleached (have lost their algae), but brown areas have retained their algae.  Reefs can recover from this type of partial bleaching and this one did.
    MM7059_0022.jpg
  • Shrimp on a tubasraea coral.
    MM7059_0020.jpg
  • A jellyfish undulates its bell as it swims in blue seas.
    Jellyfish.jpg
  • A coral reef in Fiji teaming with Anthias and other small fish.  Compare with shot FR57-06c taken a few seconds apart - all these fish instantly disappear into hiding places in  the reef when predatory jacks swim by in hunting mode.
    FR57-09c.jpg
  • A coral reef in Fiji that was teaming with Anthias and other small fish a few seconds ago looks barren as marauding Jacks dart past.  Compare with shot FR57-09c taken a few seconds apart - all these fish instantly disappear into hiding places in  the reef when predatory Jacks swim by in hunting mode.
    FR57-06c.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR65-23.jpg
  • A barcheek wrasse gaping its mouth, which causes instant color change.
    Barcheek Wrasse 1.jpg
  • A colorful anthias fish swims about a reef with other fish.
    Anthias Fish.jpg
  • Sunset over the Contreras Islands, Coiba National Park, as viewed from Pixvae.
    150309_01731 - Version 2.jpg
  • A close-up of a Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi).
    R4-070428-818 - Version 3.jpg
  • A diver inspects a soft coral growing on a fallen tree trunk.  The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-242 - Version 3.jpg
  • Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)<br />
Elsehul, South Georgia
    110302-958.jpg
  • Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)<br />
Elsehul, South Georgia
    110302-595.jpg
  • Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) preening.<br />
Elsehul, South Georgia
    110302-583.jpg
  • Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) resting on the water.<br />
Elsehul, South Georgia
    110302-388.jpg
  • Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) bathing in the water.<br />
Elsehul, South Georgia
    110302-355.jpg
  • A Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) feeding at the water's edge of the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110811-417.jpg
  • A group of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) standing at the water's edge in the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110811-438.jpg
  • A group of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) standing at the water's edge in the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110811-264.jpg
  • A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) foraging during low tide in the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110810-603.jpg
  • A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) foraging during low tide in the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110810-259.jpg
  • A group of Scarlet Ibises (Eudocimus ruber) foraging in the mudflats in the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110810-1534.jpg
  • Scarlet Ibises (Eudocimus ruber) in flight at sunset over the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela.
    110809-1614.jpg
  • Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii).  Monterey Bay, California.  Oct 2002.
    CA198-02.jpg
  • Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii).  Monterey Bay, California.  Oct 2002.
    CA195-22.jpg
  • Tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes) are an endemic subspecies to California.  Point Reyes National Seashore, California.  Oct 2002.
    CA162-06.jpg
  • A village near the entrance to Mayalibit Bay..This is an area of Waigeo Island visited by Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850's.
    R4-070416-393.jpg
  • Semi-permanent fishermans camp at Tanjung Besi, Gam Island.  These outsiders from Buton Island, Sulawesi, come here for moths at a stretch to fish at night for small fish...Men prepare to take their boats out for a night of fishing.
    R4-070511-510.jpg
  • Terns rest on a sand islet near Kri Island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
    R4-070511-455.jpg
  • A close-up of a Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in a sea fan.  Orange color form...Vicinity of Gam Island.
    R4-070511-353.jpg
  • A school of fusiliers crosses above a massive school of snappers over a coral reef in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070510-424.jpg
  • The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-358.jpg
  • A diver inspects a soft coral growing on a fallen tree trunk.  The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-242.jpg
  • Skull cave with a skull in the wall with the bay and diving tender visible in background.
    R4-070430-313.jpg
  • A close-up of a Sea star (Gomphia gomphia).  Note very small brittle star on the sea star.
    R4-070430-078.jpg
  • Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocamaus bargibanti) in yellow color phase living in a yellow sea fan.
    R4-070428-385.jpg
  • Traditional Indonesian vessel at anchor of Pisang Islands with anvil shaped thunderhead cloud at sunset..Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula, Ceram Sea..Alfred Russel Wallace sailed through this very area in traditional boats.
    R4-070425-397.jpg
  • The ship Shakti, chartered for the GEO Expedition, is tied off in small bay surrounded by limestone cliffs and islets..Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-636.jpg
  • Lars Abromeit (top) and Gerry Allen scale the side of a limestone island..Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-627.jpg
  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  .Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-566.jpg
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