Sometimes it's good to look at things differently. Our abstracts collection shows a hidden marine world of colours, patterns and textures, celebrating beauty in the smaller details.
David Tipling / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagonicus} colony huddled together during storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November
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Rick Tomlinson / Aerial view of SY ^Adele^, 180 foot Hoek Design, sailing in French Polynesia, 2006. Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.
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Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Jokulsarlon lagoon, with floating icebergs from the Vatnajokull glacier. Skeidararsandur, Southeast Iceland, July 2009
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Juergen Freund / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} close up abstract showing eye, Queensland, Australia
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Ross Hoddinott / Common Sea urchin shells (Echinus esculentus)Cornwall, UK
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Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, near the Myrdalsjokull glacier, South Iceland, april 2010.
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Floris van Breugel / View from behind one of the many waterfalls in Watkins Glen, upstate New York's fingerlakes region. New York, USA. May 2008
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Orsolya Haarberg / Coastal rock formations, Tomma Island, Nesna, Helgeland, Nordland, Norway, July 2009
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Autumn colour and dead tree trunks reflecting in water. Paratunka River Valley, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia, 1999.
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Edwin Giesbers / Two Common Coot (Fulica atra) swimming and leaving wakes on water. The Netherlands, July.
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Laurie Campbell / Wader footprints in sand, Aberlady Bay, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, December
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Guy Edwardes / Sand patterns and ice, on the beach, Burnham-on-sea, Somerset, England, UK, January 2010
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Roberto Rinaldi / Coral (Favia sp) fluorescence at night, captured using very powerful electronic strobes, Red Sea
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Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis corona colours in night sky, Lapland, northern Finland, winter
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Fragrant water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) in Lake Skadar, Montenegro, May 2008
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Peter Cairns / Silver Birch (Betula verrucosa) reflected in Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland, December.
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Tim Laman / Cape / Pintado petrel (Daption capense) in flight over the ocean, Antarctica, January
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Michel Roggo / Underwater landscape with turbulence around rocks in shallow water, Verzasca river, Ticino, Switzerland, November
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of the rivers and saltmarshes of the Bahia / Bay de Cadiz Natural Park, Andalucia, Spain, March 2008
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Aflo / N-1707 Water droplet
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Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Fishing net underwater.
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Georgette Douwma / Hard Coral (Euphyllia ancora) polyps. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Detail of a Gorgonian sea fan (Gorganacea sp.) structure, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Thomas Lazar / Shadows on white sand from fence preventing sand dune erosion. Gulf Is NS, Florida USA
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Onne van der Wal / A line of floats marking the swimming area at Lake Dennison, Massachusetts, USA.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Wave, Baltic Sea, Mn, Denmark, July 2009
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Jeff Rotman / Close up of Brain coral {Diplora strigosa} Caribbean
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Andrew Parkinson / Knot {Calidris canutus} part of a large flock of approx 30,000 birds come in to land at dawn. Norfolk, UK
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Aerial view of coast, Hallig, Germany, April 2009
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Mark Brownlow / Aerial view of mud line, Papua New Guinea, September 2007
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Pancake ice formed in early stages of sea freezing. Northwest Greenland, 1991.
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Merryn Thomas / Bunting aboard ^Enterprise III^ ferry at the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta race day, Saturday 13th September 2008. Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisic / Fisherman's boat on River Crnojevica, near Pavlova Strana, Rijeka Crnojevica, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008
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Kirkendall-Spring / Snow covered trees and pond, West Thumb Gerser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February 2014.