Images tagged "chagos"

A storm cloud moves in over Danger Island.
Clown trigger (Balistoides conspicillum).
Halgerda nudibranch.
Humpback snapper (Lutjanus gibbus).
Islands of the Three Brothers group in the Chagos Archipelago have thick palm forests
Coral snapping shrimp live inside of Pocillopora colonies for shelter, and in exchange protect the coral from predators.
Moray eels will enter the shallow tidepools of the islands to hunt for crabs and small fish.
The Golden Shadow basks in the light of the golden hour
Notice anything strange about these shoes? Take a close look and notice that they are two completely different shoes in the same color that happned to wash up as garbage onto an uninhabited island in the Three Brothers group of Chagos
A curious red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) investigates a pvc quadrat used for counting coral recruits.
A green sea turtle (Chaelonia mydas) joins us on our safety stop.
Brittle stars are often found living in corals.
Indian dascyllus (Dascyllus marginatus) find refuge in a colony of branching Acropora coral.
Peacock-tail anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis).
White tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus).
Bluestreak and yellowtop (Plectrocaesio tile and Caesio xanthonota) fusiliers gather on the reef.
Out with the old and in with the new - a dead table Acropora is prime real estate for baby corals looking for a new home!
Schools of small fish will often find shelter from predators in the crevices between live corals.
Blue-green chromis (Chriomis viridis).
Hairy yellow hermit crab (Aniculus maximus).

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