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  • Reef wall in Raja Ampat Island, Indonesia, with school of silversides and soft corals.
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  • Split level/over-under view of karst islands and staghorn corals in the Wayag Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • A school of fusiliers crosses above a massive school of snappers over a coral reef in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • An unnamed pygmy seahorse.  One of several pygmy seahorse species in Raja Ampat.
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  • A man tends grouper holding pens in the Raja Ampat Islands.  Groupers are for the live fish trade to Hong Kong.
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  • Split level/over-under view of karst islands and staghorn corals in the Wayag Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Table corals and staghorn corals with schools of damselfish in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.  A healthy hard coral reef
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  • Large jacks and a Napolean wrasse (top center) eye a hunting white tip reef shark on a reef in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Fusiliers school in the background.  This is an example of a very healthy reef supporting high biomass of fish.
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  • Diver Zafer Kizilkaya explores a passage between Gam and Waigeo Islands rich with soft coral growth.  Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • A dead finned shark lies on a beach in the Raja Ampat Islands.  Fisherman have stripped the fins for the shark fin soup trade.
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  • Terns and a Reef Heron rest on a sand islet near Kri Island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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  • A man tends to grouper holding pens in the Raja Ampat Islands.  Groupers are for the live fish trade to Hong Kong.
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  • A limestone outcrop island sticks above the surface in this above and below view showing part of the underwater wall of the island.  Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Limestone uplift islands in the Fam Group of islands in Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Terns rest on a sand islet near Kri Island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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  • Diver exploring a cavern in the vicinity of Gam Island, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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  • Spider crab with hydroid polyps placed on its legs for camouflage.  Photographed on a night dive in Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
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  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
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  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
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  • 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.
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  • Tassled Wobbegong Shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) lying in wait on top of a plate coral...Vicinity of Gam Island.
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  • A huge school of trevally shelter beneath the jetty at Arborek Village.  Many village docks in this area shelter such schools, which provide a handy source of protein for villagers in this remote part of Indonesia.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Lars Abromeit (top) and Gerry Allen scale the side of a limestone island..Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
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  • Sperm whale in the Dampier Strait between Batanta and Waigeo.
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  • View from summit of an island we believe we were the first to climb.  We dubbed it Russell's Peak.
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  • A family at their house in Kabilo Village..This is an area of Waigeo Island visited by Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850's.
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  • Sunset in Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island.
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  • Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflages itself in a sea fan.  Yellow color form.<br />
Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula.
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  • Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica).Adult male on the main display pole in the center of his court.
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  • A village near the entrance to Mayalibit Bay..This is an area of Waigeo Island visited by Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850's.
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  • 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.
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  • A close-up of a Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in a sea fan.  Orange color form...Vicinity of Gam Island.
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  • The jetty at Yenbeser Village with people fishing, and a huge school of trevally below..Alfred Russel Wallace based himself in this village for several months in the 1850's.
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  • Smashing Mantis Shrimp striking an oyster with his raptorial appendage.  The stiking speed of this specialized claw is one of the fastest movements in the animal kingdom captured here by sheer luck.
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  • A canoe passes Gam island at sunset.
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  • A close-up of a Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) in pink coloration..Vicinity of Gam Island.
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  • 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
  • Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflages itself in a sea fan.  Yellow color form..Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula.
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  • Crewman on the Shakti pulls on a mooring line..Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
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  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  .Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
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  • A lionfish hovers in a seafan..Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
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  • Sperm whale in the Dampier Strait between Batanta and Waigeo.
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  • Writer Lars Abromeit and photographer Tim Laman atop the peak they dubbed Russell's Peak.  We appear to have been to first to climb this peak.
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  • Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay.
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  • Sunset in Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island.
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  • 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.
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  • Rich soft coral and sea fan covered reefs team with fish life..Misool Island vicinity, near the smaller island of Wagmab.
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  • Reef view with Blue-spotted Groupers and other fish, soft and hard corals...Vicinity of Gam Island.
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  • Grouper pens, and hut of caretaker.
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  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  A jack cruises the reef hunting...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
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  • A trio of peaks in the Wayag group.
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  • A rich coral reef covered in soft corals, crinoids, and tunicates.
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  • Reef detail with soft corals, sponges, and a zigzag oyster.
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  • Fisherman in canoes  are dwarfed by the landscape of Mayalibit Bay.  This cliff lined passage is the narrow entrance to the huge bay.
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  • A fisherman spears a mangrove crab in Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island.
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  • Sunset in Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island.
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  • 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.
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  • Traditional Indonesian vessel at anchor of Pisang Islands with anvil shaped thunderhead cloud at sunset.<br />
Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula, Ceram Sea.<br />
Alfred Russel Wallace sailed through this very area in traditional boats.
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  • A close-up of a Banded Toadfish (Halophryne diemensis) observed on a night dive.  A rare species..Kri Island vicinity.
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  • Coleman shrimp nestle among the highly venomous spines of their fire urchin host.
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  • Coleman shrimp nestle among the highly venomous spines of their fire urchin host.
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  • Limestone islets within Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island.
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  • Late afternoon reef scene with schools of fusiliers and snappers settling closer to the reef.  Barracudas lurk.   The sheer biomass of fish on this reef is remarkable...Vicinity of Gam Island.
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  • Diving guide Graham Abbott explores an underwater rock wall for unique marine life at the Pisang Islands..Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula.
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  • A forest of soft corals in the shallows of a rocky islet.  Jacks hunting smaller fish...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
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  • A pet female Eclectus Parrot keeps a woman company as she does the washing in Kabilo Village, Mayalibit Bay..This is an area of Waigeo Island visited by Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850's.
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  • A man from Arawai Village uses a fine net to dip for very small shrimp that are used to make shrimp paste, a major ingredient in Indonesian cooking.  It is the major export from this village.
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  • Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay...Silas, headman of Kabilo Village captures a giant mud crab.
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  • 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.
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  • Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen, marine biologists from Conservation International, use a kayak to access a river to explore for new fish species..Sebakor Bay, Fak Fak Peninsula.
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  • Skull cave with a skull in the wall with the bay and diving tender visible in background.
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  • A close-up of a Sea star (Gomphia gomphia).  Note very small brittle star on the sea star.
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  • Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocamaus bargibanti) in yellow color phase living in a yellow sea fan.
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  • Exposed coral by a dock.
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  • A close-up of a Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi).
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  • Nudibranch (Nembrotha kubaryana).
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  • A close-up of a Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi).
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  • Fishing from a dugout at Yenbeser Village..Alfred Russel Wallace based himself in this village for several months in the 1850's.
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  • Nudibranch (Nembrotha kubaryana).
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  • New species of flasher wrasse discovered in Triton Bay..Male flashing (fins extended, colors on).  .Female in front of male.. (Same exact fish as R4-070428-619)
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  • Exploring a cavern/sinkhole connected to the sea..Mark Erdmann (left) and Gerry Allen prepare to dive as they approach the cavern..Sebakor Bay, Fak Fak Peninsula.
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  • Conservation International marine biologist Mark Erdmann capturing a specimen of a new species of damselfish.  Sebakor Bay, Fak Fak Peninsula, Indonesia.
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  • Nudibranch (Nembrotha kubaryana).Pisang Islands, W of Fak Fak Peninsula.
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  • A Lionfish hovers in a seafan in a view looking toward the surface of the water.
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  • Wayag Islands are an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands NW of Waigeo.
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  • Wayag Islands are an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands NW of Waigeo.
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  • Wayag Islands are an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands NW of Waigeo.
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  • Wayag Islands are an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands NW of Waigeo.
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  • Very low tide reveals the coral reef from above the surface. Max Ammer and Gerry Allen enter the lagoon at Goh Island on an exploratory dive..
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  • Very low tide reveals the coral reef from above the surface..Exploratory dive trip with Max Amar, Gerry and Mark Allen.
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  • Banded sea krait (Laticauda sp.).
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  • A Lionfish hovers in a seafan in a view looking toward the surface of the water.
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  • A zigzag oyster encrusted with tunicates.
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  • Skull cave with a skull in the wall with the bay and diving tender visible in background.
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  • Triton Bay landscape.  Limestone islets.
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  • Nudibranch (Nembrotha purpureolineolata) feeding on tunicates (ascidians).
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