Palau
Returning from the deep

Freediving between tank dives.

fish are friendly

At Blue Corner, the fish are used to people.

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The reefs around Palau are full of corals, soft corals, and fish.

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The underwater landscape is sheer and gorgeous.

a shark off Blue Coner

A shark swims past Blue Corner. At times, the site can be crowded with sharks.

A Giant Moray

A Moray Eel in its hole.

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The beautiful Clown Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum seems to be scarce in Micronesia.

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The Blackpatch Triggerfish Rhinecanthus verrucosus is a pleasure for us to see as it is absent from the eastern Pacific.

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Nudibranchs can often be seen on the walls, even during the day.

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A cloud of fish in shallow water.

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This dragonet is failing to be invisible.

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A marine jellyfish in shallow water.

A lion fish

The Spotfin Lionfish Pterois antennata is only one of several lionfishes visible on the reefs.

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A beautiful starfish.

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A Crown of Thorns Acanthaster planci, a coral-eating starfish.

A Crown of Thorns starfish feeding

A Crown of Thorns Acanthaster planci and its prey.

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An eel hiding in the sand at Riptide Beach in Koror.

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A Leaf fish, larger than life-size.

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An anemonefish at home.

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This anemone is upset.

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A Leaf fish.

Leopard Shark

A resting Leopard Shark Stegostoma fasciatum.

Leopard Shark

A tiny juvenile triggerfish and two Fire Dartfish Nemateleotris magnifica find shelter near this Leopard Shark Stegostoma fasciatum.

Crocodile Fish

The Crocodilefish Cymbacephalus beauforti is easy to overlook.

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The tiny Comet Calloplesiops altivelis is a difficult fish to spot.

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Schools of fish swim off the reefs.

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Eagle Rays Aetobatus narinari in flight off Blue Corner.

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Jellyfish in Palau's famous Jellyfish Lake.