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Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

From parrotfish that cover themselves in a blanket of their own mucus to tiny pygmy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:05
“As an underwater nature photographer, I struggled for a new way to bring back visions of fish and fauna. Soon I discovered that taking water out of the picture, rendering it invisible while it is still evident that it surrounds the subject, is a powerfu
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Green Turtle, Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

“As an underwater nature photographer, I struggled for a new way to bring back...
Green Sea Turtle, Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Green Sea Turtle in the Canary Islands, Spain

I have been to this location many times, but no other photo has come out like this...
“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the surface of the water. I got the shot just before the tern flew away.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Nuno Sá.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Canon EOS 20D; 70-200mm lens
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Tern and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the...
A young Kemp's ridley sea turtle in recovery.
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Kemp’s ridley sea turtle recovers from oil

A young Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) recovers at the Audubon...
A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017

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