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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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  • Humpback whale taking a closer look. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Swimmers chasing large schools of fish in swallows cave. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mother and calf resting on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Freediver diving deep through schools of fish with snorkelers on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The entrance to the cave is bwlow the surface of the water so the only light that gets into the cave is through this entrance. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mariners cave is completely enclosed, with the entrance below the surface. The wave action outside the cave causes clouds to form and unform with the surge. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mother and calf resting on the surface. The calf has unusually light coloring. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Humpback whale glides past. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Humpback looks down from the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Absolutely beautiful humpback whale diving. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Humpback whale frolicking above its mother. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Swimmers chasing large schools of fish in swallows cave. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mariners cave is completely enclosed, with the entrance below the surface. The wave action outside the cave causes clouds to form and unform with the surge. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mariners cave is completely enclosed, with the entrance below the surface. The wave action outside the cave causes clouds to form and unform with the surge. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • This huge female humpback was very relaxed as her baby played on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Large female humpback whale carrying hundreds of remoras. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Young humpback whale on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Potato Cod under luminous blue sky. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • These two whales peeled off from a deep swimming pod and swam almost vertically, towards the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mother and calf on the surface. The bumps on the head of all humpbacks are an evolutionary vestige of wiskers. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The enormous mother humpback resting on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Glasseye Schooling. (Photo by Wildlife & Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Giant Potato Cod being attended to by small cleaner wrasse. (Photo by Underwater Photographer)
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  • Humpback whale diving. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Curious young humpback whale.. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Young humpback whale frolicking on the surface above it mother. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Young humpback whale on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The mother and calf bask near the surface while a smaller male below attempts to bond. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • This mother and calf swim slowly throgh the clear blue water. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Diving young humpback whale with large remoras. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Close pass from a curious young humpback whale. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Diver jumps from the side of limestone cave to make a spectacular impact. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • A giant Potato cod poses for a portrait at a cleaning station. (Photo by Underwater Photographer)
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  • These giant cods are so large they could swallow a human head in one go. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The Crinoid is an animal but looks like a plant. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Inside Swallows cave looking back at the entrance through beautiful blue light and clear water with fish schooling and swimmers. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mariners cave is completely enclosed, with the entrance below the surface. The wave action outside the cave causes clouds to form and unform with the surge. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mariners cave is completely enclosed, with the entrance below the surface. The wave action outside the cave causes clouds to form and unform with the surge. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • This baby humpback is around 25 feet long and already has a few scars. The young humpbacks are very curious and playful and make repeated passes, getting so close I was gently hit by the tail despite my best efforts to get out of the way. It certainly did not phase the calf, since it came back again and again. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Potato Cod under luminous blue sky. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The whales sometimes remain almost stationery near the surface. This young calf has unusually light coloring. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mother and calf resting on the surface. The calf has unusually light coloring. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Diver jumps from the side of limestone cave to make a spectacular impact. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • This young humpback was very curious and passed quite close before returning to its mother. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Mother and calf on the surface. The bumps on the head of all humpbacks are an evolutionary vestige of wiskers. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The calf in this shot is around 25 feet long. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Diver jumps from the side of limestone cave to make a spectacular impact. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • A little Pufferfish lurking among the coral. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Glasseye Schooling. (Photo by Wildlife & Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • These two whales peeled off from a deep swimming pod and swam almost vertically, towards the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Curious young humpback whale looking down from above., (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • This young humpback is quite large but also very agile in the water. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Azure light comes through the submerged cave entrance creating fantastic patterns as it reflects off the water surface ., (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The calf is almost riding on the back mother's back. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Humpback calf with mother coming up for air. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Close up of humpback whale with a swimmer on the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The dappled light creates intricate patterns on the back of this huge female humpback whale as she basks near the surface. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Giant Potato Cod with small cleaner wrasse. (Photo by Underwater Photographer)
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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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  • School of chevron barracuda Palau Micronesia. (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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  • 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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  • School of chevron barracuda, 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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  • Golden Sea Fan Crinoid, 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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  • Reef fish swarming in amazing blue water, Yap 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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  • An incredible creature and an exemplar of the form follows function ideal. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke Whale in Blue Space. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Humpback looking down from the surface., Even young humpbacks like this one have many scars
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  • Diver above large anemone, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Divers in Blue Holes, 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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  • 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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  • Minkes sometimes spy hop and look around. When you think how they experience the transition from water to air it makes you wonder what the human equivalent is. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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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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  • 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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  • Diver and Glasseye schooling on the reef, 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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  • Fabulous but very delicate fan coral on wall. (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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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Dappled light and sun beams on Minke whale with snorkelers above. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke about to dive. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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