Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Maldivian aquatic life

Here are some more underwater photos from the Maldives. (I didn't take any of these.)

A typical Maldivian underwater scene - nice coral and heaps of fish.

A hawksbill sea turtle

A mapped pufferfish

A painted spiny lobster

Moray eels

A close encounter with a honeycomb moray eel.
It's quite rare to see morays out of their holes like this.

A great shot of a giant moray

Manta ray, plus a few fish

Manta ray, again. Hopefully this gives some sense of scale.

A school of bannerfish

Anenome fish, with their anenome

One of the many white-tipped reef sharks we saw.

I hope you are all impressed with my marine-life naming skills. These were finely honed on our boat after each dive.

And so, back to reality. Cheers.

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