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Buttress Tree, situated in a natural spring in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
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Buttress Tree, situated in a natural spring in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Buttress Tree, situated in a natural spring in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Buttress Tree, situated in a natural spring in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Curtain Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Curtain Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) on Buttress Tree roots, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Boardwalk track, situated in Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Boardwalk track, situated in Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Track in Pandanus forest, situated in Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pandanus forest, situated in Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Track, situated in Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pandanus forest, situated in Christmas Island National Park, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rainforest vegitation, situated on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Curtain Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hibiscus Forest (Hibiscus tiliaceus), common on the coastal terrace on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hugh's Dale Waterfall, situated in tropical rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hugh's Dale Waterfall, situated in tropical rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hugh's Dale Waterfall, situated in tropical rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hugh's Dale Waterfall, situated in tropical rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater tropical seascape showing a large mooring chain that has carved a trench into a coral reef at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Close detail of an underwater mooring chain used at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef decorated with Sea Anemones at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef decorated with Sea Anemones at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Blue-tailed Skink (Cryptoblepharus egeriae). Photo taken at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crimson Soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crimson Soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whitetail Squirrelfish (Sargocentron caudimaculatum). Found throughout the Indo-Central Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral reef at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel divers exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel divers exploring a tidal rock pool at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Silver Bosunbird (Phaeton rubricauda westralis), in flight. Also known as Red-tailed Tropicbird in other parts of Australia. Photo was taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
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Silver Bosunbird (Phaeton rubricauda westralis), in flight. Also known as Red-tailed Tropicbird in other parts of Australia. Photo was taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Silver Bosunbird (Phaeton rubricauda westralis), chick in nest. Also known as Red-tailed Tropicbird in other parts of Australia. Photo was taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Golden Bosunbird (Phaethon lepturus fulvus), in flight. Endemic subspecies on Christmas Island, which has unique coloration. Pacific Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Golden Bosunbird (Phaethon lepturus fulvus), in nest. Endemic subspecies on Christmas Island, which has unique coloration. Pacific Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Christmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken off Christmas Island, Western Australia, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Vanessa Mignon / OceanwideImages.com |
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken off Christmas Island, Western Australia, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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