Tubbataha Reef

June 2008 - Page Two

 

 

On the way back home, we lingered for a day at Quiminatin Island, which was pretty cool both above and below the surface.

Some of the best macro photo opportunities I've ever had were here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pulse coral

 

 

 

Face to face with a stonefish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lionfish kindly poses for a portrait

 

 

 

There was a great variety and quantity of nudibranch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our home away from home, the Borneo Explorer, meets up with its sister ship, the Oceanic Explorer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A harlequin shrimp hides in soft coral

 

 

 

Banded pipefish, a straight cousin to the seahorse

 

 

 

Rock lobsters

 

 

 

Don't mess with me

 

 

 

 

 

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