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sea fan in canyon at Three Sisters Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Gorgonian sea fan in canyon at Three Sisters Reef, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
cuttlefish over coral at the Clam Garden Great Barrier Reef Australia
cuttlefish over coral at the Clam garden Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
cleaner wrasse and potato cod Epinephelus tukula Number 10 Ribbon Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
cleaner wrasse and potato cod Epinephelus tukula Number 10 Ribbon Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
holobranch sea cucumber spawning at Challenger Bay on Great Barrier Reef Australia
holobranch sea cucumber ejaculating sperm at dusk in Challenger Bay on the Great Barrier Reef Photographer: David Doubilet
Sleeping loggerhead sea turtle, Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier
Cardinla fish surround loggerhead sea turtle sleeping in black coral, Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, World Heritage Site Photographer: David Doubilet
Silky shark, Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Silver tip sharks, Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier reef, Australia Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead wrasse) Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Maori (humphead) wrasse Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Dr. J.E.N. Veron explores Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Ree
Dr. J.E.N. Veron explores Great Detached Reef on the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
A tower of plate corals on Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Sweetlips Great Barrier Reef Australia
Sweetlips Challenger Bay, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Fungi coral specimen, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Fungi coral specimens, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Blue chromis over staghorn coral, Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Aerial Great Detached Reef Great Barrier Australia
Aerial Great Detached Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
schools of sweetlips at dusk in Chalenger Bay Great Barrier Reef Australia
A school of sweetlips at dusk in Challenger Bay Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
cuttlefish over coral at the Clam Garden Great Barrier Reef Australia
Cuttlefish over coral at Clam Garden, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
goby on elephant ear sponge at Steve's Bommie Great Barrier Reef Australia
Goby on elephant ear sponge at Steve's Bommie Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
algae covered dead dying and damaged coral reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
algae covers dead and dying, bleached coral reef in Challenger Bay, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Aerial Great Detached Reef, Great barrier Reef, Australia
Aerial Great Detached Reef ,Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Hammerhead Shark, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Hammerhead shrak, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
Tiger sharks circle a dead sperm whale, Great Barrier Reef, Aust
Tiger sharks feeding on dead sperm whale on the inside of the great barrier reef, Austrlia Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead wrasse) Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Maori (humphead) wrasse Cheilinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia. The The maori wrasse is the largest member of the wrasse family and males can reach 6 feet in length and several hundred pounds. The maori wrasse is long lived, slow growing with a ow rate of reproduction that can not with stand fishing pressure. Populations throughout the Indopacific have crashed and it is rare to see a large individual. Australia banned fishing of Maori wrasse in 2003. Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef near Cairns, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead wrasse) Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Maori (humphead) wrasse Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Tiger Shark Feeding on Whale Carcass, Great Barrier Reef, Austra
Tiger shark feeding on dead sperm whale, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Tiger Sharks, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Tigers sharks feeding on dead sperm whale, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photographer: David Doubilet
Tiger shark circles a dead sperm, Great Barrier Reef
Tiger sharks feeding on dead sperm whale, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Coral spawning Acropora millepora Heron Island Great Barrier reef Australia
Coral spawning Acropora millepora Heron Island Great Barrier reef Australia. Photographer: David Doubilet
schools of red bass at dusk in Chalenger Bay Great Barrier Reef Australia
schools of red bass gather over staghorn coral at dusk in Challenger Bay Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
delicate plate corals on Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
delicate plate corals on Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Black coral garden on Yingala Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Aus
Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Photographer: David Doubilet
Black coral gradens, Yongala Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Aust
Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead wrasse) Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Maori (humphead) wrasse Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
parrotfish smile, heron island Great barrier reef Australia
A sleeping parrotfish appears to smile with near perfect teeth, Heron Island Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Silvertip shark patrols Great Detached Reef, Northern Great Barr
silvertip shark patrols remote Great Detached Reef on the northen Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Green sea turtle congregations at Raine Island on Great Barrier
The largest green sea turtle congregations in Australia occurs at Raine Island on the Northern Great Barrier Reef. Thousands of females crawl onto teh sialnd to lay their eggs on this tiny sand cay. They carwl back into the sea and mate with males that have gatherd aroudn the isalnd. Photographer: David Doubilet
A floatplane glides over Hook and Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef
A DeHavilland Beaver Biplane delivers scuba divers to Hook and Hardy Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photographer: David Doubilet
potato cod Epinephelus tukula Number 10 Ribbon Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
A Potato cod Epinephelus tukula approaches Jennifer Hayes Number 10 Ribbon Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Coral reef at Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Photographer: David Doubilet
Double headed wrasse Lord Howe Island Australia
Endemic double headed wrasse, Coris bulbifrons from Lord Howe Island Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
potato cod Epinephelus tukula Number 10 Ribbon Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
potato cod Epinephelus tukula approaches Jennifer Hayes Number 10 Ribbon Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet