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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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  • Abstract impressionistic image of gulping open mouthed school of fish, 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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  • A spectacular bird mask, with a cobra in the beak.<br />
(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Male and female Mandarin fish mating in open water above the coral. It is quite difficult to capture the fast moving Mandarin fish, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Male and female Mandarin fish in mating dance. The large one is the female and the small one the male. When mating, they emerge very briefly out of the coral and move into the open water, before darting back to the safety of the coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Manta ray flying down to a cleaning station. Manta rays can be uniquely identified by the pattern of spots on their white belly, Palau 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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  • Diver and Glasseye schooling on the reef, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Looking up at divers and the sky through one of the entrances to Blue Holes, 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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  • Leaving the aptly named Temple of Doom, with divers in Blue Holes.  Even a few feet from the entrance and exit, there is no light or means of orientation. Even with plenty of artificial light and air, it is easy to see why divers have died here, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Luxuriously colored tentacles envelop a Clark's Anemone fish. Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Manta Rays swoop past feeding on plankton in the water. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • One of the best dives on Yap is the Canyons.  It is a quiet dive with little current, and has a labyrinth of canyons and swim throughs that are a joy to explore - 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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  • 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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  • A stocky grey reef shark cruises up and down the current like a jet fighter. Occasionally a shark will swoop past just a few feet away and sometimes surprise a divers by coming in from behind, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Divers in Blue Holes, Palau Micronesia(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Large fragile coral structure on the wreck of the Japanese ship the Iro, sunk during WWII. Some experts believe this wreck is actually the Sata, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Looking up at two of the entrance holes in the top of the Blue Holes cave system. The divers' bubble bursts march across the face of the cave Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Blue Holes is one of the best dives in Palau. The light creates a cathedral like atmosphere, giving the diver a sense of vast the volume of the cave Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The sea anemone looks like a beautiful translucent plant. It is actually a predatory animal which catches food using stinging capsules in its tentacles - Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Tropical beach scene with a line of coconut palms. (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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  • 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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  • When the water is rich in plankton and other life it takes on a green hue.  It is at these times that the manta rays will loop through the water in loose formation. Sometimes the mantas will repeatedly loop around the diver, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Manta ray swooping into cleaning station.  The manta rays repeatedly return to the same rock and coral outcrops to be cleaned of parasites by small cleaner wrasse, 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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  • A delicate hard coral branch extends from the wall, as the divers disappear into the distance, 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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  • Hard coral in the shape of a Lettuce, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Hard coral landscape in close up, 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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  • School of chevron barracuda Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • School of chevron barracuda, Palau 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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  • 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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  • Unusual coral Growth, Palau 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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  • Sun burst through jellyfish from deep below the surface, 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 with sunbeams, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The Rock Islands of Palau are coral miracles. The sea and rain have eroded the coral, undercutting the borders of the islands, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Looking up through one of the Entrances to Blue Holes, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The Entrance to Blue Holes, Palau Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Large fan coral on a wall dive in Palau, with baraccuda and other fish in the background, 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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  • These sharks cruise back and forth on the current in front of you.  They can sometimes get quite close.  Though generally not dangerous to divers in groups, it is wise to always face them, though this is not always possible, Palau Micronesia. (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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  • The water is so clear that the dive boat appears to be anchored in space, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Abstract Macro of Anemone, Palau Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The translucent nature of the sea anemone tentacles look like an alien world, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • A stingless jellyfish  suspended in space.  The surrounding trees are visible through the water. The stingless jellyfish evolved over millions of years inside the protected lake, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Tropical beach scene with palm trees, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Ideal tropical beach with palm trees, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Large school of fish and a Feather Star (Crinoid) on a very long piece of wire coral, 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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  • 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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  • Just one is different in this abstract macro world of anemone tentacles, 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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  • Nautilus illuminated against a background of sunbeams, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Looking through the swarming jellyfish of Jellyfish Lake in Palau is a magical and unforgettable experience, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The stingless jellyfish of Palau swarm towards the sun in Jellyfish Lake, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The divers' bubbles coming up through the hole in the top of the cave reflect the sunlight, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Coral branch with Moorish Idol, 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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  • Abstract Macro of coral terrain Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Abstract Macro of Anemone, Palau Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • The translucent nature of the sea anemone tentacles look like an alien world, Palau Micronesia. (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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  • Small fish schooling over colorful reef scene, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Two Clark's Anemonefish taking refuge amongst the tentacles of an anemone, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Sunburst behind fragile fan coral, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Driftwood on tropical beach in Palau, with a typical rock island, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Looking out from the back of Blue Holes into the deep blue open sea. The shafts of light are from the holes in the top of the cavern that give Blue Holes its name, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Clark's Anemonefish taking refuge in the tentacles of a purple anemone 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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  • The tropical storm is a spectacle underlined by the bright aqua blue of the shallow tropical water, 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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  • Looking down into the lake with the sun streaming past me from above created this interesting shadow effect, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • These sharks are generally not dangerous but have been known to attack in open water, when in a feeding frenzy or when cornered, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Diver suspended in the crystal clear water, Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Tropical beach scene with palm trees and crystal clear water, Palua Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Monochrome of large fragile coral structure on the wreck of the Japanese Iro sunk during WWII. Some experts believe this wreck is actually the Sata, 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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  • Diver leaving Blue Holes through an eye in the wall of the cave, Palau Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Mother and daughter taking an ancient traditional stone path through the forest to the village house. Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Manta and two remora fish swoop past in front of sunball - Palau Micronesia, 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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  • 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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  • 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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