Pair of stingrays
Close-up of a shrimp's eyes
Galapagos penguin
Patterned snail on a sea fan
Conger eel
Fish and sponge
Humboldt squid
Foraging squid
Brightly colored crab on sea urchins
Shark and bubbles
Sea cucumber, crab, and shrimp
Green-and-black nudibranch
Pink-and-white seahorse
Red flatworm
Smooth trunkfish swimming amid coral
School of sweetlips
Yellow trumpetfish
Sea squirts and clingfish
Red sea star
Great white shark profile
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Pair of Stingrays
In a world of clouds and crystalline blue, a pair of stingrays glides just below the surface in the waters of French Polynesia's Tuamotu archipelago. The creatures find safe haven here under the protection of one of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere reserves.
Photograph by David Doubilet

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