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