Robert Harding
endangered species, green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, being cleaned by yellow tang, Zebrasoma flavescens, and gold-ring surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Masa Ushioda

Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, swimming over coral reef, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-505
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf and escort, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-614
Four Seasons Resort at Manele Bay, Hulopoe Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-529
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf, escort, and rainbow runners, Elagatis bipinnulatus, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-634
southern stingray, Dasyatis americara, swimming over seagrasses meadow of turtlegrasses, Thalassia testudinum, in shallow flats, Stiltsville, Biscayne National Park, Miami, Florida, USA, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-671
Pu‘u Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-527
green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, endangered species, being cleaned by yellow tangs, Zebrasoma flavescens, and gold-ring surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-513
red swimming crab, Charybdis paucidentata, feeding on carcass at night, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-667
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf and escort, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-591
lighthouse at Palaoa Point aka Cape Kaea, near Kaunolu, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-533
lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-644
Haleakala or the East Maui Volcano, elevation of 10,023 ft (3,055 m), standing above massive clouds, Maui, Hawaii, USA - 983-555
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-635
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, peduncle throw tail breach, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-585
National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) - a state agency that operates a unique and innovative ocean science and technology park, strategically located at Keahole Point next to the Kona International Airport and adjacent to one of the steepest bathymetric offshore slopes in the Hawaiian Islands, developing clean energy, various aquaculture and other ocean-related research by utilizing deep cold seawater from 2,000-foot depth, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - 983-517
Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, swimming over coral reef, grows up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length and could weigh as much as 160 kg (350 lb), Looe key, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Florida, USA, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-679
‘Ohi‘a Lehua tree skeletons, remains of once-flourishing ‘Ohi‘a and tree fern Hapu‘u native rainforest, Pu‘u Pua‘i, a cinder cone at distance that formed during the 1959 eruption at Kilauea Iki Crater, meaning "gushing hill", off Devastation Trail, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii, USA - 983-577
mahi mahi, dolphin fish, or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, large bull, jumping, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-647
manta ray feeding on plankton, Manta birostris, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean, digital composite - 983-650
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, courtship behavior, heat run or mating contest - competing male whales battle each other blowing bubbles aggressively possibly to gain access to a female as wellas to fend off other males, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - 983-595
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Haleakala of Maui in background, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-638
Pu‘u Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Hulopoe Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-553
green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, endangered species, with cleaning reef fish - convict tang, Acanthurus triostegus, and gold-ring surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-511
Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris longirostris, calf jumping, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-677
Moku Naio aka Shark Fin Rock, a popular dive site, Kaholo Pali sea cliff , 194 feet (59.13m) high, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-535
lighthouse at Palaoa Point aka Cape Kaea, near Kaunolu, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-532
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope ( CFHT ), Gemini Northern 8-meter Telescope, and other Mauna Kea Observatories in background, Mauna Kea summit, Big Island, Hawaii, USA - 983-570
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-631
Mauna Kea, the tallest volcanic mountain in the chain of Hawaiian Islands, with its summit rising to the elevation of 13,796 ft (4,205 m) above sea level, observatories visible at summit, coastline of Kiholo Bay to Hualalai Resort below clouds, Big Island, Hawaii, USA - 983-574
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf and male escort, accompanied by rainbow runners, Elagatis bipinnulatus, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-612
giant clams, Tridacna gigas, in tropical coral reef, Indo-Pacific Ocean - 983-510
endangered species, green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, being cleaned by yellow tang, Zebrasoma flavescens, and gold-ring surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-514
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, calf tail-slapping or lobtailing at sunset, fluke silhouette, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-626
Puu Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Manele Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-525
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, fluke-up dive, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-610
Kaholo Pali sea cliff , 194 feet (59.13m) high, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-545
oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, with remora, Remora sp., IUCN Vulnerable Species, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-660
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, peduncle throw or tail breach, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-600
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, newborn calf breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-621
Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching under golden sunset light, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-637
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-618
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-623
endangered species, green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, being cleaned by yellow tang, Zebrasoma flavescens, gold-ring surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, and endemic saddle wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-515
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, head breaching calf with smooth, light gray color characteristic of a newborn, approximately 12 feet in length and weighing upwards of two tons, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-641
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, pec slapping or flippering, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-599
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, fluke-up dive, under golden light from setting sun, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-609
longsnout seahorse or slender seahorse, Hippocampus reidi, male, showing abdominal pouch for pregnancy, Caribbean Sea, Western Atlantic Ocean - 983-646
National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) - a state agency that operates a unique and innovative ocean science and technology park, strategically located at Keahole Point next to the Kona International Airport and adjacent to one of the steepest bathymetric offshore slopes in the Hawaiian Islands, developing clean energy, various aquaculture and other ocean-related research by utilizing deep cold seawater from 2,000-foot depth, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - 983-518
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, newborn calf breaching under golden light at sunset, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-604
Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-521
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-606
lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, and scuba diver, West End, Little Bahama Bank, off Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Model Released MR-000054 - 983-645
mahi mahi, dolphin fish, or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, cow, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-648
oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-662
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother and calf, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-583
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, tail breach or peduncle throw at sunset, silhouette of fluke, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-625
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, newborn calf, practicing head breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-602
lighthouse at Palaoa Point aka Cape Kaea, near Kaunolu, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-531
Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, calf feeding on seagrass, , endangered subspecies of West Indian manatees, Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Kings Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-508
Sea walnut or warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi = gardeni = mccradyi, emitting bioluminescent light, Atlantic Ocean - 983-680
Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, hunting for a reef fish prey, camouflaging itself as a part of sea fan, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-657
freckled driftfish, Psenes cyanophrys, sheltering under abandoned plastic gasoline tank in open ocean, offshore, Kona coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-509
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, lobtailing or tail slapping, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-642
The Valley of Sugar - Maui's controversial 37,000 acre sugar cane fields - set to burn when harvesting, creating enormous smoke, ash and dust, Maui, Hawaii, USA - 983-561
pantropical spotted dolphins, Stenella attenuata, wake-riding, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-678
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, newborn calf, practicing head breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-601
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf and escort, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-593
Haleakala or the East Maui Volcano, elevation of 10,023 ft (3,055 m), standing above massive clouds, Maui, Hawaii, USA - 983-560
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf and escort, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-615
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching at sunset, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-640
queen angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-665
Puu Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Manele Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-526
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, mother, calf and escort, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-587
Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi, and yellowtail snappers, Ocyurus chrysurus, swimming over coral reef, Grand Bahamas, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-504
Puu Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Manele Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-524
raccoon butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunula, schooling, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-666
lava ocean entry - new land are violently created by countless hydromagnetic explosions as hot molten lava flows into the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at night, Kilauea, Big Island, Hawaii, USA - 983-579
humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, spouting or blowing at sunset, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-608
Pu‘u Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Hulopoe Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-550
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, calf breaching with open eye, under golden hour light, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-590
oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-661
Kaholo Pali sea cliff , 194 feet (59.13m) high, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-534
Pu‘u Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Hulopoe Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-549
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-632
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-596
Kaholo Pali sea cliff , 194 feet (59.13m) high, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-536
oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, with remora, Remora sp., IUCN Vulnerable Species, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-664
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, tail slapping or lobtailing, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-629
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-616
Pu‘u Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Hulopoe Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-551
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, tail-slapping or lobtailing at sunset, fluke silhouette, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean, photo composite - 983-627
Kaholo Pali sea cliff , 194 feet (59.13m) high, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-542
Pu‘u Pehe aka Sweetheart Rock, Hulopoe Bay, South Lāna‘i, Lāna‘i aka Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation of Dole, the sixth-largest island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-546
California Institute of Technology - CalTech Submillimeter Observatory ( CSO ), Mauna Kea Observatories, Mauna Kea summit, Big Island, Hawaii, USA - 983-567
The Valley of Sugar - Maui's controversial 37,000 acre sugar cane fields - set to burn when harvesting, creating enormous smoke, ash and dust, Maui, Hawaii, USA - 983-562
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, newborn calf breaching, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-622
ocean sunfish, Mola mola, and snorkeler with underwater video camera, off San Diego, California, USA, East Paficic Ocean, Model Released MR-000088 - 983-658
Caribbean reef squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea, hunting at night, Key Largo, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, USA, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean - 983-506
short-billed spearfish, Tetrapterus angustirostris, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-672
humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean - 983-617
Robert Harding