Great Barrier Reef Album

A Pocillopora eydouxi coral with some bright blue Palette Surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus).
Tiny Striped Coral Hermit Crab (Paguritta vittata) under the transect line.
Close-up of Chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus).
Large school of Chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus) that came to check us out during our dive.
Large stack of Porites rus coral in the shallows.
Orange-finned Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) in Adhesive Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii).
Survey divers returning on the Leisure Cat at the end of the day.
Blue Velvet Headshield Slug (Chelidonura varians).
Bushy thickets of Acropora corals in the shallows.
Colorful Acanthastrea coral showing interesting fluorescent patterns.
Coral scene featuring a large Euphyllia coral head.
Colony of Euphyllia.
Large plating colony of Porites rus detail.
Field of bottlebrush type Acropora corals.
Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna squamosa) nestled among corals.
Giant clam framed by a dense cover of live corals.
Group of Steephead Parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) and surgeonfishes cruising by drop-off.
Large plating colony of Porites rus
Overlapping plates of Peyssonnelia algae with red crustose coralline algae.
Overlapping
Scenic landscape of a healthy reef.
Grace Frank, Kirsty Nash and Samantha Clements in an underwater selfie.
Sloping dropoff with a healthy amount of coral cover.
Steephead Parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos).
Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) on a closed-up Magnificent Anemone (Heteractis magnifica).
Looking down a steep drop-off with a swarm of damselfish, fusiliers and anthias.
Two species of plating Montipora corals curling up together.
Whitespotted Grouper (Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus) being visited by a cleaner wrasse.
End of the dive, end of the day--waiting to be picked-up by the dive boat.

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