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  • Pair of Tomato Anemonefish, Amphiprion frenatus, snuggling in their host anemone. Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
    Tomato Clownfish Pair 12x18
  • Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, and Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181215_RajaAmpat_0123.tif
  • Tassled Wobbegong Shark, Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, swimming over a colony of Acropora coral. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161208_RajaAmpat_0073.tif
  • Mixed school of Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Goldstriped Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia, and a Blubberlips, Plectorhinchus gibbosus. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    Sweetlips Congregation 30 x 4
  • A Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, hovers among lush soft corals and gorgonians. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    Raja Reefscape 30 x 45
  • Mixed school of Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Goldstriped Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia, and a Blubberlips, Plectorhinchus gibbosus. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161206_RajaAmpat_0148.tif
  • A Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, hovers among lush soft corals and gorgonians. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    Raja Reefscape FA 30 x 45.tif
  • Mixed school of Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Goldstriped Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161206_RajaAmpat_0158.tif
  • Shoreline at Sawandarak Village, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181220_RajaAmpat_0722.tif
  • A Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, hovers among lush soft corals and gorgonians. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181214_RajaAmpat_0155.tif
  • Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, being serviced by a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181212_RajaAmpat_0031.tif
  • A rarely seen combination, Soft Coral growing on mangrove roots in clear water. Nampele, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161210_RajaAmpat_0254.tif
  • A rarely seen combination, Soft Corals, Dendronepthya sp., growing on mangrove roots in clear water. Nampele, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161210_RajaAmpat_0056.tif
  • A colorful nudibranch, Tenellia sp., glides across a twig of Halameda algae. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181217_RajaAmpat_0151.tif
  • A Magenta Dottyback, Pseudochromis porphyreus, with an unwelcome hitchiker, a parasitic isopod. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161209_RajaAmpat_0010.tif
  • Shoreline at Sawandarak Village, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181220_RajaAmpat_0722_screenres.jpg
  • A rarely seen combination, Soft Coral growing on mangrove roots in clear water. Nampele, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161210_RajaAmpat_0254.tif
  • Thriving hard corals, clear water and mangroves are a rare combination. Nampele, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161210_RajaAmpat_0026.tif
  • An otherwise pristine Brain Coral, damaged by someone scratching graffiti into its delicate tissues. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, indian Ocean
    20161207_RajaAmpat_0167.tif
  • Mixed school of Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Goldstriped Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia, and a Blubberlips, Plectorhinchus gibbosus. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161206_RajaAmpat_0147.tif
  • Rosewater's egg cowrie, Primovula rosewateri, on gorgonian coral. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161213_RajaAmpat_0117.tif
  • A small pinnacle covered with soft corals and tunicates appears to dwarf a distant diver. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161212_RajaAmpat_0190.tif
  • A rarely seen combination, Soft Corals, Dendronepthya sp., growing on mangrove roots in clear water. Nampele, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161210_RajaAmpat_0247.tif
  • Orange-fin Anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, snuggling among tentacles of its host anemome. Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130810_Cenderawasih_0037.tif
  • Pewter Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161209_RajaAmpat_0012.tif
  • An Emperor Angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, surrounded by thriving soft  and gorgonian corals and crinoids. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20181214_RajaAmpat_0036.tif
  • Bluespotted Coral Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, being cleaned by a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidatus. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161209_RajaAmpat_0036.tif
  • These colorful nudibranchs, Hypselodoris apolegma, are mating. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181215_RajaAmpat_0257.tif
  • Perfectly camouflaged, a Denise's Pygmy Seahorse, Hippocampus denise,  perches among the branches of its Gorgonian host. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161211_RajaAmpat_0035.tif
  • Mixed school of Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, and Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Raja Ampat,  West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161207_RajaAmpat_0079.tif
  • Wreck of a PBY Catalina Flying Boat, Biak, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130824_cenderawasi_0004BW.tif
  • A Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata, hovers among lush soft corals and gorgonians. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181214_RajaAmpat_0105.tif
  • A Banded Archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix, cruises just below the surface near a soft coral colony among magrove roots. Nampele, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20161210_RajaAmpat_0021.tif
  • Mixed school of Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus, and Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    20161206_RajaAmpat_0105.tif
  • A trio of Moorish Idols, Zanclus cornutus, approach a large barrel sponge, along with a Blue-spotted Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181213_RajaAmpat_0076.tif
  • White Bonnet Anemonefish, Amphiprion leucokranos, with eggs. Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181218_RajaAmpat_0115.tif
  • A pair of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, feeding at the surface. Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130814_cenderawasih_0048.tif
  • Lauren Greider swims past a huge, healthy coral colony. Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
    20130818_cenderawasi_0055.tif
  • Raja Ampat is among the few areas in the world where colorful soft corals,  Dendronepthya sp., grow within inches of the surface, sometimes attached  mangrove roots. Healthy mangrove forests are a prime feature of Raja Ampat, and are key to healthy marine habitat, functioning as nurseries to many species. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    rasplit9LM.tif
  • Schooling Sleek Unicornfish, Naso hexacanthus, pass over a stand of elephant-ear sponges. Wild Fish Ridge, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130829_cenderawasi_0344.tif
  • Male Walton's Flasher Wrasse, Paracheilinus walton, endemic to Cenderawasih Bay. Kwatisore, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130902_cenderawasih_0317.tif
  • One of many unspoiled beaches in Raja Ampat. Dampier Straight, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    2009MAY08tsra140.tif
  • Juvenile Redtooth triggerfish, Odonus niger, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
    20130812_cenderawasih_0033.tif
  • Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, feeding at the surface. Kwatisore, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    Whale Shark Feeding 20x30
  • Schooling Sleek Unicornfish, Naso hexacanthus, pass over a stand of elephant-ear sponges. Wild Fish Ridge, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    Wild Fish Reefscape 20x30
  • Caitlin's Dottyback, Pictichromis caitlinae, endemic to Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
    20130903_cenderawasih_0107.tif
  • Damai crew Simon and Andrena watch as a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, visits a bagan where fishermen offer it small fish. Kwatisore, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130901_cenderawasi_0222.tif
  • A school of Ruddy Fusiliers, Pterocaesio pisang, swarm above a coral bomme adorned with leather coral and Dendronepthya soft coral.  Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Ceram Sea, Indian Ocean
    20161206_RajaAmpat_0244.tif
  • 20161208_RajaAmpat_0125.tif
  • Local boats, decorated to celebrate the festival of the spring tides. Biak, Indonesia
    20130821_cenderawasih_0008.tif
  • Orangutan Crab, Achaeus japoncus, perched on Bubble Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa, Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130812_cenderawasih_0162.tif
  • RajaAmpat08MAY070019.tif
  • Wreck of a PBY Catalina Flying Boat, scuttled by US forces at Biak, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130820_cenderawasi_0019BW.tif
  • A tightly packed school of Ribbon Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, hover in formation near a coral bommie. Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    Sweetlips School 16 x 24
  • A pair of Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas, cavort over a hard coral slope.  Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    20181220_RajaAmpat_0001.tif
  • Magenta Dottyback, Pictochromis porphyrea, Pintu Barat, Mapia Atoll, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130826_cenderawasih_0040.tif
  • Typically only 16mm in length, this Pygmy Sea Horse, Hippocampus denise, is among the smallest vertebrates. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    PortfolioTrioSHPcavernKELPSCAPE.jpg
  • Aptly known as the Orangutan Crab, this spider crab, Achaeus japonicus, makes its home in a colony of Bubble Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    crab143CP.tif
  • A juvenilie Lemon Damselfish, Pomacentrus moluccensis, hovers over its home, a colony of Acropora coral. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
    df11CP.tif
  • Typically only 16mm in length, this Pygmy Sea Horse, Hippocampus denise, is among the smallest vertebrates and is the smallest of all sea horse species. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    shp40-2.tif
  • Nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina, sometimes known as Purple Dragon, crawling on a tunicate. Thought to benefit from photosynthsizing symbiotic algae living within its tissues. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    nb376.tif
  • A trio of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, visits a bagan where fishermen offer it small fish. Kwatisore, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130901_cenderawasi_0181.tif
  • Roughly the size of a grain of rice, this Pygmy Sea Horse, Hippocampus bargibanti, is a master of camouflage, blending in perfectly with its Gorgonian host, Muricella sp. The distended abdomen of this individual indicates that it is probably a pregnant male. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
    shp52CPIX.tif
  • Nudibranch, Aegires serenae, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia
    20130812_cenderawasih_0131.tif
  • Idyllic beach scene, Kri Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
    2009MAY09tsra27_screenres.jpg
  • Healthy coral reef meets mangrove forest in clear water--an extremely productive and increasingly rare habitat.  Gam Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    rsra27CP.tif
  • A lone fisherman plies glassy waters at sunset in a motorized dugout. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    2009MAY02tsra57.tif
  • Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, feeding at the surface. Kwatisore, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130816_cenderawasi_0322.tif
  • A pair of colorful nudibranchs, Chromdoris kuniei, feeding on sponge. West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    20130812_cenderawasih_0107.tif
  • Aptly known as the Orangutan Crab, this spider crab, Achaeus japonicus, makes its home in a colony of Bubble Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    crab156CP.tif
  • Beauty and the Beast: This gorgeous Magenta Dottyback, Pseudochromis porphyreus, is plagued by a parasitic isopod. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean....
    db6CP.tif
  • This soft-coral crab, Hoplophrys oatesii, blends in perfectly with its host, a Dendronepthya sp. soft coral. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. ....
    crab157CP.tif
  • Aptly known as the Orangutan Crab, this spider crab, Achaeus japonicus, makes its home in a colony of Bubble Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    crab154CP.tif
  • A Tailspot Blenny, Ecsenius stigmatura, hovers over a colorful colony of encrusting sponge. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    2009MAY01blen06LM.tif
  • A Raja Epaulette Shark, Hemiscylliium freycineti, forages amidst a healthy seagrass bed. Epaulette Sharks are also known as Walking Sharks, due to their habit of walking on their fins instead of swimming. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    2009MAY07epshark48LM.tif
  • A juvenile Lemon Damselfish, Pomacentrus moluccensis, hovers over its home, a colony of Acropora coral. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean....
    df9CP.tif
  • A school of Fusiliers stream over healthy hard and soft corals at a reef known as Melissa's Garden. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    rsra28CP.tif
  • The Southern California desert burst into color during the 2019 Superbloom. Lake Elsinore, California, USA
    20190324_superbloom_0279.tif
  • The Southern California desert burst into color during the 2019 Superbloom. Lake Elsinore, California, USA
    20190324_superbloom_0155.tif
  • Pontohi's Pygmy Seahorse, Hippocampus pontohi, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
    2009MAY03shp92.tif
  • This Pygmy Sea Horse, Hippocampus bargibanti, almost appears to be whistling! A master of camouflage, it blends in perfectly with its Gorgonian host, Muricella sp.  Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
    shp54CPIX.tif