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  • Hard coral landscape in close up, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This close up (macro) image of coral polyps shows the  complex terrain of the living coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Close up macro of the alien like terrain of hard coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Close up macro of hard coral terrain, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Close up of hard coral terrain, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Detailed close up (macro) of the three dimensional surface of hard coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Japanese Zero Wreck, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Hibiscus in a tea plantation with the afternoon light illuminating the petals.<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The men's house is an amazing construction, no nails are used and only locally available materials go into the creation of cool place to gather and shelter from tropical sun. Local hand made twine and ropes of different thicknesses are used to bind everything together in a flexible and strong structure that is able to withstand high winds. Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The slow moving Puffer fish has good eyesight. The puffer fish is poisonous but is sometimes prepared as soup or sashimi (fugu) by specially trained chefs in Japan and Korea, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Normally difficult to get close to, these Jacks were happy to stream past when a shark was circling nearby. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • It is possible to get quite close to these brightly colored blue striped snapper, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Abundant Sea Life, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The clear blue water around Yap promotes healthy coral growth. This large brain coral is particularly beautiful, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This is a Pipefish (probably a Bellybarred) a close relative of the seahorse family, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Thumb Splitter (Mantis Shrimp) a strange creature that uses its claws to create a pressure wave that shocks its prey but is also powerful enough to split your finger or break glass if you get too close, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Two old East India Company cannons on the bow of The Mnuw, a 170ft (55m) Phinisi schooner from Indonesia set up as a restaurant and bars.  The Mnuw is moored just off the Manta Ray Bay Resort, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Traditional dances are a central part of the Yap culture. The decorations for the dance make imaginative use of natural materials to excellent effect, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • A Pink Anemonefish, immune to the stinging tentacles of the sea anemone, takes refuge from predators. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Diver above large anemone, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Broken coral is collected and cooked to create lime that is chewed with betel nut to amplify the effect.  Betel is chewed partly for cultural reasons (like smoking) but it also acts as a mild stimulant and appetite suppressant, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • A bizarre coral formation with fantastic little spires, with divers in the background, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Puffer fish with an amazing stripe pattern. The puffer fish is poisonous but is sometimes prepared as soup or sashimi (fugu) by specially trained chefs in Japan and Korea, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Ulong Channel is an exciting drift dive along a valley, one side of which has steep banks of lettuce coral and sheltering fish. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Red Coral, Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This local village chief is over 70 years old and is still fit and active.  He does not drink or smoke, but chews betel as is traditional on the island, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Light and shadow on the inside of hand carved canoe.  I talked to some Yap men who sailed these hand carved canoes over many hundreds of miles using only the stars and the angle of waves. Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Delicate soft coral filter feeders, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Sea Slug feet feeling their way over a red coral, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Pair of Clown Fish with baby clown fish in Anemone, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Leaf fish camouflaged, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Huge soft leather coral in Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The jack fish often keep their distance but if there is a predator nearby they seem to move closer to divers, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Hard coral in the shape of a Lettuce, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Clark's Anemonefish hiding amongst purple tentacles, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Soft coral resembling an oversized cauliflower, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Clark's Anemone Fish, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The traditional dances in Yap have no schedule and occur only when the people themselves decide to have a dance.  The Yap dancers are the most skilled and authentic Pacific dancers I have seen. The dancers include people of all ages, and everyone has a lot of fun, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Large anemone look like hair waving and swirling in the current, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Hard coral, abstract macro - Yap Micronesia - (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Damaged Anti Aircraft Gun from WWII, Yap Micronesia(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral garden, including a variety of soft leather and cauliflower corals, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral Ball, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Christmas Tree Like Tube Worm, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Unusual coral Growth, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Large convoluted soft leather coral (filter feeder) sways gently in the current, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This large soft fleshy leather coral sways gently in the current, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Soft coral on reef in the crystal clear waters of Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Looking up it is possible to see the blue of the sky through the interconnected branches of the coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Fabulous but very delicate fan coral on wall. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • It is quite difficult to get a shot of the tiny female Mandarin fish with dorsal fin fully extended as they dart in and out of the coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Divers using the mooring line of a buoy marking the wreck of the Iro, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The amazingly clear water of Palau gives the water a vast range of blues. A school of black snapper swims by, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Soft Coral Anemone moves back and forward in the current like mermaid hair, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Regal Angel Fish, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Feather Star (crinoid) with a yellow heart and delicate amber tipped black fern-like tendrils against a blue that you only find in the clearest water, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Magnificently camouflaged poisonous stonefish, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Soft coral with sunbeams, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The Pyjama Cardinal fish usually hovers amongst the coral in quiet areas on the reef, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Nautilus illuminated against a background of sunbeams, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral Abstract Macro of hard coral terrain, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This jellyfish is a different variety to the non-stinging jellies in Palau Micronesia.   This one "hunts" outside of the enclosed lake systems. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coconuts seen through hole in middle of stone money, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • A wall of hard and soft corals with a sea fan (crinoid) filter feeding, Yap<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Crinoid (Sea Fan) filter feeding in the clear waters around Yap, Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Golden Sea Fan Crinoid, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Crinoid (Sea Fan) feeding in the current, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This green polka dotted nudibranch is an unusually colorful creature, Yap Micronesia <br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Dolphins on custom men's house, Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Boy in Traditional Dance, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The translucent tentacles of a sea anemone are from the alien world of underwater macro, Yap Micronesia.(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Abstract impressionistic image of gulping open mouthed school of fish, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Two illuminated wall corals on a sheer wall that drops off into open water, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Male and female Manadarin fish move out of the coral ready to start the mating dance. The male is the small one, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This image is an abstract impressionist interpretation of the open mouthed school of fish, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The Nautilus species has been in existence for around 550 million years and so is one of the longest surviving species on earth, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Red coral fronds reaching for the light on sheer wall, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Abstract Macro of coral terrain Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This old bull elephant is used to humans but is still half wild and quite dangerous.<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Very Large Stone Money, Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Female Mandarin Fish, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • This is a Forceps Fish.  It might look like a Butterflyfish but it does not have a vertical black stripe through the eye. Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral Polyps, Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Chief Chewing Betel, Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Brain coral,Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • It was amazing to watch the feet of this sea slug feeling its way along the reef in Yap Micronesia<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The famous Ulong Channel with plate coral and Glasseyes taking shelter from the current.  It is great fun to do a fast drift dive down Ulong past  all the abundant life on the reef, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Large convoluted soft leather coral (filter feeder) sways gently in the current, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Fantastic but fragile fan coral on wall, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral Forest, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Tiled window in old palace.<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Trochus shells decorate the wall of a traditional Men's House in Yap. Men and women can gather in their own separate communal housing during the day.  The traditional house is actually far more than a place to gather, the building and maintenance and use of the house is integral to the passing on of skills and culture from one generation to another, Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Nudibranch moving slowly along the reef, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Elder matriarch helping a young girl prepare for a traditional dance. These interactions are one way in which the cultural traditions are passed from one generation to another. Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Chief preparing betel, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The crystal clear waters of Palau create a deep range of blues that contrast nicely with the warm colors of the coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Convolutions of Brain Coral, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Red coral against the deep blue of the open water, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral Abstract Macro of hard coral surface, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • There is something timeless about this turbaned vegetable vendor in the backstreets of Varanasi.<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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