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  • Coral Polyps, Yap Micronesia<br />
(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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  • 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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  • Soft coral resembling an oversized cauliflower, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Abstract Macro of Anemone, 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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  • Brain coral and other colorful corals flourish in the clear blue waters around 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Christmas Tree Like Tube Worm, Yap Micronesia (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Wave Breaking on Coral, Palau Micronesia (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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Delicate soft coral filter feeders, 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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  • 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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  • Brain Coral, Yap Micronesia<br />
(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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Looking up through one of the Entrances 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Clark's Anemonefish hiding amongst purple tentacles, 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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  • Red Coral, Yap Micronesia<br />
(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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Crinoid (Sea Fan) filter feeding in the clear waters around 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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  • Regal Angel Fish, 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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  • Huge soft leather coral in Yap Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • A filter feeder soft coral, 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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  • 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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  • Scribbled Filefish, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Coral Abstract Macro of hard coral terrain, 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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  • Abstract Macro of coral terrain Palau Micronesia. (Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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  • Reef fish swarming in amazing blue water, 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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  • Hard coral, abstract macro - 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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  • 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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  • Fantastic but fragile fan coral on wall, 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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  • Sunburst behind fragile fan 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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  • Close up of hard coral terrain, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Just like a wave of hands of the crowd at a game of football, the soft coral waves back and forth in the current, filter feeding on micro organisms, Yap Micronesia<br />
(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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  • 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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  • Convolutions of Brain Coral, Yap Micronesia (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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  • 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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  • Nautilus illuminated against a background of sunbeams, 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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  • 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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  • Silas tunnel in Palau has a long section where at one point there is very little light, as you move through the tunnel, the exit becomes visible and appears to radiate a deep blue, typical of the clear waters around Palau Micronesia. (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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  • 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)
    Coral-on-Wreck-of-the-Iro--Palau.JPG
  • Coral Abstract Macro of hard coral surface, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Female Mandarin Fish, Yap 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Divers in Blue Holes, Palau Micronesia(Photo by Matt Considine - Images of Asia Collection)
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