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  • Diver with an illuminated plush pink soft coral growing in the muck of Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
    pink-soft-coral-diver-lembeh-strait-...tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0074.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, making her way across the rocks as she looks for Turbo sazae sea snails, with bad weather moving in overhead, lowering light levels and visibility
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0330.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, crouching down on the rocks and thinking about what to do as bad weather moves in and reduces visibility
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0313.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife Ama diver team departing for a few hours of work at sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0512.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0192.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0071.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0023.tif
  • Inaba-san, the only remaining Ama diver in Futo harbor, getting ready to go into the ocean for work. The metal tool in her hand is used to pry shells from the rocks. She keeps what she gathers in the yellow net, which can be brought up to the surface by her husband and exchanged for a new net while she is still submerged. The hoses supply air and facilitate voice communication to ensure coordination between the husband and wife team.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0333.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0171.tif
  • Diver Terry Ward shining a light on multicolored Lobophyllia brain coral formation at Darwin's Wall that Ron Leidich has dubbed the Four Corners. This unique location is flushed by strong currents exchanged between a large inner lake (Long Lake) and the open ocean, generating ample nutrient flow to support these slow-growing corals, which flourish in large numbers and grow to exceptional size in this area. There is minimal sunlight that penetrates the canopy of overhanging foliage, meaning than the corals rely more on the daily tidal exchange for nutrients than on their zooxanthallae. This wall and the corals that live on them are a perfect illustration of the intricate relationship between the ecosystems of the inner lakes of Palau's Rock Islands and the open ocean.
    diver-with-lobophyllia-coral-darwins...tif
  • Diver with large, healthy Tridacna gigas giant clam at a remote location in Papua New Guinea
    tridacna-gigas-giant-clam-and-diver-...tif
  • Inquisitive Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) investigating dive guide Clayton Johannes at Blue Corner dive site in Palau. Many of the fish at Blue Corner have grown accustomed to the presence of divers in the water. This behavior was unsolicited, with the wrasse initiating contact. Napoleon wrasses are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List. They are protected in Palauan waters.
    napoleon-wrasse-and-diver-palau-chei...tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife team chatting before heading to sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0143.tif
  • Inaba-san carrying a net nearly filled with Turbo sazae sea snails. Once the net is full, she signals to her husband on the boat, who pulls the net up and sends down an empty net
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006=0162.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife team getting cleaned up after two hours of gathering shellfish
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0429.tif
  • Inaba-san in the water, with air hose in the foreground and safety line extending into the background
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0052.tif
  • Inaba-san, the only remaining Ama diver in Futo harbor, getting ready to go into the ocean for work. The metal tool in her hand is used to pry shells from the rocks. She keeps what she gathers in the yellow net, which can be brought up to the surface by her husband and exchanged for a new net while she is still submerged. The hoses supply air and facilitate voice communication to ensure coordination between the husband and wife team.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0331.tif
  • Inaba-san, husband and wife, preparing for a day at sea. The husband captains their boat and maintains the hookah system, while the wife forages in the water. The wife is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0139.tif
  • Inaba-san holding the trademark red gloves she uses while working underwater, searching for shells and other edible items. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0086.tif
  • Inaba-san looking out from the window of the hut she uses to prepare for work, assessing conditions to decide whether to go out to sea. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0069.tif
  • Inaba-san lighting a fire to warm up in the morning prior to heading to sea. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver working in Futo Harbor
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0016.tif
  • Inaba-san warming up in front of a fire before heading to sea. She is the last active Ama diver in Futo Harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0066.tif
  • Inaba-san captains the boat that he and his wife use as a platform for his wife’s diving. His wife is the last working Ama diver in Futo harbor. Here, he is surveying the ocean before heading out.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0134.tif
  • This is a Dendronephthya soft coral colony growing atop a rock, where currents provide ample nutrient flow. The light in the background is from a scuba diver.
    dendronephthya-soft-coral-japan-2022...tif
  • These are Zoarchias major eelpouts. The orange individual is female; the one in the hole is male. The female has approached the male, curled around him and rubbed him in a manner that divers in the area interpreted as affection or interest in the courtship context. In actuality, the female is trying to dislodge the male from the hole in order to occupy it herself. It is an antagonstic encounter, not one characterized by amorous interest. Given that these fish come up from deeper waters to congregate and socialize in this specific place at a specific time of year, the possibility that this activity is related to reproduction in the greater context is high, though how and when reproduction takes place remains unknown. Image 2 in a sequence of 3.
    zoarchias-major-female-getting-ready...tif
  • These are Zoarchias major eelpouts. The orange individual is female; the one in the hole is male. The female has approached the male, curled around him and rubbed him in a manner that divers in the area interpreted as affection or interest in the courtship context. In actuality, the female is trying to dislodge the male from the hole in order to occupy it herself. It is an antagonstic encounter, not one characterized by amorous interest. Given that these fish come up from deeper waters to congregate and socialize in this specific place at a specific time of year, the possibility that this activity is related to reproduction in the greater context is high, though how and when reproduction takes place remains unknown. Image 1 in a sequence of 3.
    zoarchias-major-female-getting-ready...tif
  • These are Zoarchias major eelpouts. The orange individual is female; the one in the hole is male. The female has approached the male, curled around him and rubbed him in a manner that divers in the area interpreted as affection or interest in the courtship context. In actuality, the female was attempting to dislodge the male from the hole in order to occupy it herself. It is an antagonstic encounter, not one characterized by amorous interest. The male retaliated by biting the female, which caused her to leap and twist in order to escape, as pictured here. Given that these fish come up from deeper waters to congregate and socialize in this specific place at a specific time of year, the possibility that this activity is related to reproduction in the greater context is high, though how and when reproduction takes place remains unknown. Image 3 in a sequence of 3.
    zoarchias-major-female-fighting-with...tif
  • Second repeat encounter with male calf 201309 with mom. They put on quite a surface show as well. Started in Mounu channel with Beluga Divers, then Allan, who passed to us at Luamoko. We left them in the area bounded by Swallows and the main channels
    humpback-whale-calf-reentering-water...tif
  • Napoleon wrasses are abundant and friendly in Palau, often approaching divers in the water in an inquisitive manner
    napoleon-wrasse-blue-corner-palau-Ch...tif
  • Striped triplefins are common in shallow zones of tropical waters in the Indo-Pacific region and are ignored by most scuba divers. Up close, they are beautiful fish with intricate decorations and patterns on their bodies.This one opened its mouth for a fraction of a second. This photograph is a film scan.
    striped-triplefin-Helcogramma-striat...tif
  • This is a juvenile Eumicrotremus awae lumpsucker, about 5mm in size, pictured a few days after birth. These fish are known as dango-uo in Japanese. The juveniles are popular with scuba divers.
    eumicrotremus-awae-juvenile-japan-20...tif
  • This is an aerial view of the small island of Kashiwa-jima in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, visible here connected to the mainland by a small bridge. Kashiwa-jima is a fishing community, and is also popular among recreational scuba divers. The pens in the foreground are for aquaculture. The large pens hold tuna.
    kashiwajima-aerial-panorama-japan-20...tif
  • Group of twinspot snappers (Lutjanus bohar) gathered as part of an early-morning spawning aggregation involving thousands of fish. Note the range of coloration displayed by individual fish, which most often appear red when seen by scuba divers.
    lutjanus-bohar-spawning-aggregation-...tif
  • Colorful and charismatic dragon moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis) living among boulders and rock formations off the east coast of the Izu Peninsula in Japan. These charismatic eels are so common in the area that local divers ignore them.
    dragon-moray-eel-enchelycore-pardali...tif
  • Dragon moray eel living among boulders and rock formations off the east coast of the Izu Peninsula in Japan. These charismatic eels are common in the area, so much so that local divers ignore them.
    dragon-moray-eel-mouth-open-Enchelyc...tif
  • White-jawed Cardinalfish (Pseudamia amblyuroptera) encountered at 15m to 25m depth during a blackwater dive just off the reef at Short Dropoff in Palau. This fish was about 10cm in length, suggesting that it is an adult or near adult. The fish was hanging vertically in the water. It showed no concern with divers being present, making no effort to swim away. It also never adopted a horizontal position.
    pseudamia-amblyuroptera-white-jawed-...tif
  • Atsumaru-san moving the boat to keep pace with his wife in the water
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0387.tif
  • Inaba-san holding an edible gastropod she collected in the ocean, with more in the basket below. This Turbo sazae sea snail is a popular food item in Japan. It was misclassified as Turbo cornutus from 1786 until 2017.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0369.tif
  • Inaba-san donning her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0310.tif
  • Inaba-san cleaning her face mask in preparation for going to work underwater
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0306.tif
  • Inaba-san putting on her wetsuit and other gear to go into the ocean
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0286.tif
  • Inaba-san getting back on the fishing boat after spending two hours in the water collecting shellfish, happy with the fruits of her labor
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0463.tif
  • Inaba-san getting back on to the boat after spending two hours in the water looking for shellfish
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0426.tif
  • Inaba-san climbing back onto her fishing boat after gathering seafood
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0406.tif
  • Inaba-san adjusting her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0316.tif
  • Inaba-san’s boat tied-up at Futo Harbor. The name of the vessel is Atsu-maru. Inaba-san also goes by the name Atsumaru-san. As is the case with other fishermen in Japan, the vessel is the center of Inaba-san’s life.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0271.tif
  • Inaba-san at Futo harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0056.tif
  • Felix the Cat matches that Inaba-san uses to light her warming fire each day before heading to sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0114.tif
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