UNDERWATER
75% of the world's coral reefs are now threatened by a combination of local and global pressures according to Jane Lubchenco, NOAA's chief administrator. From the smallest coral polyp to the largest shark jaw, life under the sea is not sustainable under present practices by the human population.
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Squid opens it's tentacles in the night sea just outside a small cave. Father's Reef, PNG.
Soft coral, Garove Island, Witus, PNG.
Blue starfish on sandy bottom in bay at Garove Island, Witus, PNG.
A swarm of juvenile poisonous catfish (plotosus lineatus) settles into a cave at night, Garove Island, Witus, PNG.
Feather stars and corals paint an underwater still life, Garove Island, Witus, PNG.
Raining damsel fish over acres of untouched antler coral, Father's Reef, PNG.
Sea grass carpets the bottom of a sandy back bay reef area, Garove Island, Witus, PNG.
Soft, sponge-like corals, Garove Island, Witus, PNG.
Surface reflection just under dive boat, Norman's Knob, PNG.
School of golden grunts, Garove Island, PNG.
Red whip corals, Susan's Reef, PNG.
Butterfly fish swarm over a reef face, Susan's Reef, PNG.
2 puffy pink starfish like children's' toys, Susan's Reef, PNG.
Batfish as big as dinner plates, Norman's Knob, PNG.
Sharks feeding, Kilibob's Knob, PNG.
2 sharks and 2 remoras, Kilibob's Knob, PNG.
Maya Moltzer films white-tip shark, Kilibob's Knob, PNG.
2 fins--a study! Kilibob's Knob, PNG.
Shark swims by my shoulder with pumping gills, Kilibob's Knob, PNG.
Shark portrait with remoras, Kilibob's Knob, PNG.
Great White Shark bumps my cage, my first viewing! Dangerous Reef, South Australia.
Great White Shark, Dangerous Reef, South Australia.
Whaleshark with pilotfish swimming through light rays over the blue depths, Baja, Mexico.