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
1116-46836 - The larval stage of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp), likely around 30 days old at this point, will settle on the bottom at approximately 100 days. Photographed at night one mile off the island of Yap, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
1116-46824 - A close look at the detail of Brain coral (Platygyra sinensis) during the day with the its polyps closed, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
1116-46835 - At just two inches in length this appears to be the larval stage of a flounder. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
1116-39732 - This species of coral hermit crab (Paguritta sp) is well known, but still awaiting a name from biologists. It lives in a hole in hard coral and traps passing plankton in it's feathery antennae, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39961 - This female Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) has a bite mark near her pectoral fin. This is likely a wound from a mating attempt, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39960 - A split scene of a Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) just below the surface at sunset off the island of Yap, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39925 - Aerial view of the southern end of the reef surrounding the island of Yap, with a dive boat anchored at Yap Caverns, a famous site for scuba divers, Ngariy, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39733 - This Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) is in an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) that is bleaching from high ocean temperatures and heat stress, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39731 - This Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) is in an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) that is bleaching from high ocean temperatures and heat stress, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39953 - This hard coral colony in the Pacific has begun to bleach, expelling its symbiotic zooxanthellae, consequences of global climate change and climate warming, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39950 - Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) are the largest species in this family and can reach 5 feet in length and over 160 pounds, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39955 - Deepwater Longtail Red Snapper (Etelis coruscans), is also called Ruby Snapper or Scarlet Snapper, but is better known by its Japanese name, Onaga. This fish lives in depths ranging from 700 to 900 feet, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39954 - This pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), is in an anemone (Heteractis magnifica) that is bleaching from high ocean temperatures and heat stress, Yap, Micronesia
1116-39951 - This common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), is most often found associated with the anemone, Heteractis magnifica, as pictured here, Yap, Micronesia
816-4681 - Young boy in traditional dress on the island of Yap standing before a huge stone money, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pacific
1116-31066 - Micronesia, Yap, The Rainbow Runner is found in large schools which travel in the first 100 feet of the water column. This species is reported to reach six feet in length, but is most common under three feet.
1067-36 - Freediver and WWII plane wreck. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This is the tail of a Japanese bomber shot down over Yap during the summer of 1944 by U.S. planes.
1067-7 - Crown-of-Thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci) Adult animal working its way across sand towards a coral reef. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Ocean. More info: This species feeds on coral as an adult and, in the right circumstances, be devestating to large reef areas.