1116-49714 - This larval stage of a long arm octopus, Octopus sp. is no more that five inches across (as pictured) and was photographed at night in midwater several miles off the Kona Coast during a blackwater dive, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-49659 - Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia
1116-49655 - An aerial view of the coastline at Waianapanapa State Park, Hana, Maui, Hawaii. The famous black sand beach is in the bay at the top of the frame. Five images were combined for this stitched composite, Hana, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-49397 - A family of American Black Oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani) hangs out in the rain on the Oregon Coast, Seaside, Oregon, United States of America
1116-49961 - Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing in Inside Passage in the Lynn Canal under the glow of the setting sun; Alaska, United States of America