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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.

A school of bluestreak fusiliers (Plectrocaesio tile) cruises through the reef.

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).

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.

White tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus).

Blue-green chromis (Chriomis viridis).

Hairy yellow hermit crab (Aniculus maximus).

Peacock-tail anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) with anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum).

Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus).

Spotted unicornfish (Naso brevirostris).

Turbinaria mesenterina.

Two large tawny nurse sharks (Nebrius ferrugineus) seek refuge under a small Porites lobata.

Two scorpion spider conchs (Lambis scorpius).

Yellow-dotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus).

Day octopus (Octopus cyanea).

Blastomussa merletti.

Chagos anemonefish (Amphiprion chagosensis).

Chagos anemonefish (Amphiprion chagosensis).

Chagos anemonefish (Amphiprion chagosensis).

Day octopus (Octopus cyanea).

Humbug dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus) and blue-green chromis.

Platygyra brain coral.

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Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

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