Aerial view of an island in the Tuamotus |
Aerial view of an island in the Tuamotus |
Marisa and Noy, on the pier (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Fakarava Maitai Dream Resort |
View of the lagoon, with coconut trees (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Black pearl extraction from an oyster (Fakarava) |
View of the lagoon at low tide (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Panorama of view from Fakarava Maitai Dream resort |
A school of longfin bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus) (Fakarava Dive Center) |
Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - N Pass Drift) |
A rainbow touches down at the end of the pier (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Lucien Schimidlin does a backroll into the water (Fakarava) |
This is why you should always look around when you hear a boat (Fakarava North Pass Corner) |
A grove of coconut trees (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
View of the lagoon (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
A scary-ass spider that I found in my room (Kia Ora Resort, Rangiroa) |
A school of whitetongue jacks (Uraspis helvola) (Rangiroa, North Pass Corner) |
Napolean wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) at cleaning station (Rangiroa - N Pass, Outside RHS) |
A large school of bigeye jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus) (Rangiroa, North Pass Corner) |
A beach-front bungalow at Kia Ora Resort |
The harbor at Tahiti |
View from the Akademik Shokalskiy, Tahiti |
A large Napolean wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) with divers (Tikehau - Pass Corner) |
Big-scale squirrelfish (Myripristis berndti) (Tikehau - Shark Hole) |
A lone longfin bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus) (Tikehau - Shark Hole) |
A large, aggressive red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) (Rangiroa - Avatura Pass Corner) |
Douglas Seifert and Kristina Gossman (Rangiroa - Avatura Pass Corner) |
Krissy Gossman wearing a rebreather (Rangiroa - The Aquarium) |
Krissy Gossman photographs Douglas Seifert (Rangiroa - The Aquarium) |
A Napolean wrasse (Chrilinus undulatus) and Bluefin jack (Caranx melampygus) hunt together on the corner of a pass (Rangiroa - Tiputa Pass Corner) |
Seb on the marker line (Rangiroa - Tiputa Pass Drift) |
The dusk sky projected fantastic colors onto the dark water (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Dusk sky (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Ron Taylor takes footage of sunset (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Dusk sky (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
(Apataki - Anchor Corner) |
Seb Bertaut with grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Apataki - Tehera/Shark Plaza) |
The pack of grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) at Apataki are special because they school in formation (Apataki - Tehera/Shark Plaza) |
The current sometimes makes for a turbulent surface (Apataki - Tehera/Shark Plaza) |
Male and female yellow-spotted jack (Carangoides orthogrammus) in mating colors (Apataki - Zoo Corner) |
Sailboat at dusk (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Apataki - Pass Drift) |
Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Apataki - Pass Drift) |
Seb Bertaut and Douglas Seifert drift along with grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Seb Bertaut and grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Seb Bertaut feeds grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Seb Bertaut feeds grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Eric Cheng -- self portrait with grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Seb Bertaut, in the middle of a school of grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Ron Taylor with grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (Fakarava - South Pass Resort) |
Split image of the resort at Fakarava South and a Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (Fakarava - South Pass Resort) |
Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water, at dusk (Fakarava - South Pass Resort) |
A large, friendly Napolean wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) with a sharksucker remora (Echeneis naucrates) (Fakarava - South Pass Resort) |
Douglas Seifert with his camera, looking intense(Toau - Corner and Pass) |
The feeding frenzy is approaching -- very quickly! Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (Moorea - Misc Diving) |
Suddenly, I am in the middle of the feeding frenzy (Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)). Uh oh. (Moorea - Misc Diving) |
Valerie Taylor and camera (Moorea - Misc Diving) |
Eric Cheng with Valerie and Ron Taylor (Moorea - Hibiscus Hotel) photo: Douglas Seifert |
Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at the surface (Moorea - Misc Diving) |
Group photo: Ron Taylor, Eric Cheng, Valerie Taylor, Krissy Gossman, and Douglas Seifert (Moorea - Hibiscus Hotel) |
A split photo of Moorea and Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at the surface (Moorea - Tiki Place) |
Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at the surface (Moorea - Tiki Place) |
