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Wakatobi Underwater Dive

Kathy and Marco on our first dive.....sometimes I didn't get the right color lens filter to bring out the colors but the colors were brilliant....you will see in some of the later photos

If you zoom in on the yellow dot it is a critter of some kind.....maybe a crab??

Lovely feather star

Valonia Ventricosa ......sailor's eyeball.....an algae.....Marco said one of largest he has seen!!

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A lobster (those are his antennae there) tucked into a colorful collection of hard and soft colors....

Sea Snake

We saw many different types of nudibranchs in the reefs. This is (I believe) Elizabeth's Chromodoris....

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Marco and Kathy looking at something microscopic!!

Cabbage coral

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Gorgeous soft corals hide nearly all varieties of Anemonefish These are Orange Anemonefish with orange eggs!!

Lovely coral and a surgeonfish

This beautiful anemone is hiding a Spinecheek Anemonefish.

Nudibranch

Small Cardinalfish among a potato coral

Spade fish by the barrel sponge

Beautiful purple coral tree

Squarespot anthias

Crown of Thorns

The polyps on this Gorgonian are open and feeding

Elizabeth's Chromodoris nudibranch

Papuan Toby

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Clarks Anemonefish

We saw lot's of turtles......so majestic in the water!!

Fire Dartfish

More Anemonefsih

Lots of fish.....like being in an aquarium....picture does not capture the moment!!

A school of small Barracuda

Juvenile bycolor parrotfish

Marco shining his light on something micro....can you see it....neither could we:(((

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Something there......this time a pygmy seahorse......too small to capture with the GOPRO

Lionfish

Moorish Idol

Two Tone Dartfish

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Some kind of worm!!

Tube sponge

Pretty purple Gorgonian......sea fan!!

Nudibranch.....there are 100's of these guys!!

Yelllow Margined Eel. We saw these on nearly every dive

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Nudibranch

Feather star hanging onto a sea fan with Kathy looking elsewhere!!

This is how a coral reef is supposed to look, messy and crammed all on top of each other, wildly colored and teaming with life! It was so good to see healthy reef again, and it gives us hope! Note the Orange Anemonefish in the anemone and the Longnose Butterfly Fish toward the bottom of the picture

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Kathy and Marco inspecting a whip coral for shrimp!!

A Squarespot Anthias. These guys were everywhere, but I don't believe we've seen them before Wakatobi. This is the male, the females are all golden colored, and it's usually 1 male for every 8-10 females or so

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Do you see the Leaf Fish?

How about now?

That's him on the coral - if you look carefully, you can see his white eye....

Yellow tube coral

Look closely......maybe Peacock shrimp on coral

Here is the better picture of the Spinecheek Anenomefish. The female is darker and bigger than the bright orange male.

'Nother Yellow Margined Eel....Look at the variation of colors and colors surrounding him....Almost looks like a park, doesn't it?

Another colorful Nudibranch

Not sure what kind of coral this is....but very beautiful!!

Two Christmas Tree Worms

Another turtle!

Lots of fish - everywhere. Like swimming in an aquarium! We were happy, happy campers!

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Sometimes it's just nice to look up, too.

Tube sponges....can you see something hiding??

Many, many sponges! Probably the most and biggest sponges we've seen since Honduras! These healthy tube sponges are providing a napping place for this sleepy turtle!

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Do you see the camouflaged scorpion fish?

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Love to sit and watch these fire dartfish!

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Clown Trigger fish

Forget what this little fella is called...the yellow spot in the middle

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Maybe a crab of some kind!!

A virtual field of Potato Coral.....

Hiding a big variety of life! That white and black thing down there is a nudibranch, known as a Funeral Jorunna...

Schooling fish

An Oriental Sweetlips..

Pair of surgeon fish

A Many-Spotted Sweetlips....Note the giant field of Cabbage Coral lying behind the Sweetlips in his Staghorn Coral....And of course, the huge cloud of fish above it.

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Sylvia pointing out something small again

Those little bitty spots near the new growth on this Cabbage Coral (the bluish ring) are Squat Shrimp. Yep, Kathy bought a new (and stronger!) magnifying glass!!

Do you see the Leaf fish??

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So well camouflaged!!

White-Spotted Pufferfish being cleaned by a little cleaner fish.....Love a day at the spa, eh?

Convict Blennies

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Small Hawkfish

You can get a scale of how large some of the Crinoids and Corals are. Silvia and I are completely hidden behind this one! And did I mention the colors?

Large Barrel Sponge with White Seaworms on the outside

Some kind of seaworm

Black-Saddled Toby......just saying hello!!

Gorgeous

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Star Pufferfish

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More Coral Polyps open and feeding.... That's Kathy just visible swimming towards the Gorgonian

More Clark's Anemone

Two tone dartfish

Nestled up inside of the Bubble Coral is an Orangutan Crab. Can you see the reddish furry thing between the bubbles? That's him! He does actually look a lot like an Orangutan!

Gorgeous seafan

Luv the purple colors!!!

A Crocodile Fish! Like most creatures on the reef, he's got great camouflage!

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A white Leaf fish.....impressive!!!

Believe it or not the that is a small critter next to the sea pen.....the video shows it swimming around......we can't remember the name:((

Life everywhere, even down in the sand. This anenome holds a tribe of Saddleback Anenomefish

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Wow, what a shot......potato coral, large barrel and tube sponges and Kathy

Do you see the well camouflaged scorpion fish?

This guy is really good! Down amongst the rubble, near the center of the picture is a Tasseled Scorpionfish. He's sort of leaning against that pipe coral...Do you see the tassels under his chin and his eyes above? Like I said, he's good!

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Lots of anemone fish on the potato coral

A juvenile Many-Spotted Sweetlips. Even he blends in quite well with his environment.

Giant Moray Eel

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One more master of disguise....Can you find the Crocodile fish here? This one is a little different color than the previous one, but he blends in nearly perfectly. His tail is towards the center of the picture and if you follow it to the left side, you'll just make out his head. Amazing, eh?

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School of Spadefish

This one has a cleaner fish busy cleaning

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Yellow Margined Moray Eel

Another beautiful Leaf fish

It took me a while to find it....another well camouflaged scorpion fish....amazing!!

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Small lobster

A small orange and white juvenile Yellowtail Coris below the fire dartfish....the video is better!!

Female dark red Spinecheek Anemone and the smaller male orange and white one!

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Squarespot Anthias....one of Kahty's favorites!!

Black spotted puffer fish

Crocodile fish!!

Kubaryana's Nembrotha.......another nudibranch......see the antennas!!

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Fairly big Lionfish!!

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Scorpionfish well hidden!!

Large flatworm.....this was on a night dive!!

A condo of banded coral shrimp.....at night!!

Clown trigger fish

Map puffer fish.....note how close to the surface we are.....actually this fella and John got swept up on top of the reef in some strong current......the puffer stayed with John for a while until he could get back down the wall!!