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Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   South Pacific   >         photos@oceanlight.com   (760) 707-7153 Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Image ID: 17679   Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006. Image ID: 15299   Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA   Carson Smith, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. Image ID: 17828   Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Don Gaunder, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. Image ID: 17855   Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. Image ID: 34707   Species: Gorgonian, Gorgonacea Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34708   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. Image ID: 34713   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 34715   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji   Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Image ID: 34568   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31315   Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji   San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests. Image ID: 26003   Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. Image ID: 34709   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Fiji   Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 34710   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Crinoidea Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Leather coral, Sinularia sp., Fiji. Image ID: 34711   Species: Sinularia Soft Coral, Sinularia Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. Image ID: 34712   Species: Gorgonian, Gorgonacea Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 34714   Species: Cabbage Coral, Turbinaria reniformis Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji   Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34716   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias Location: Fiji   Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34717   Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Fiji   Colorful Chironephthya soft coral coloniea in Fiji, hanging off wall, resembling sea fans or gorgonians. Image ID: 34718   Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji   Anthias fishes school in strong currents above hard and soft corals on a Fijian coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 34719   Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34720   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Anthias fishes school in strong currents above hard and soft corals on a Fijian coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 34721   Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34722   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34723   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji   Sarcophyton leather coral on coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 34724   Species: Sarcophyton Soft Coral, Sarcophyton Location: Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji   Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 34725   Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Crinoidea Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji   Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34726   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Gorgonian, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji   Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34727   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Anthias, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji   Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. Image ID: 34728   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji   Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 34729   Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji

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