David Fleetham / Two girls in traditional costume for cultural ceremonies taking a photo with a smartphone on beach. Yap, Micronesia. September 2013. Model released.

Doug Wechsler / Crescent gunnel in eel grass {Pholis laeta} Puget Sound, WA, USA

David Fleetham / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling making it's way across beach to the ocean, Yap, Micronesia. Endangered.

David Fleetham / Split view of mangrove trees off island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / View of mangrove trees cut with chainsaw off island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / A sprouting coconut floating in the sea close to the shore, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings making their way across the beach to the ocean, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean. Endangered.

David Fleetham / The sky lights up at dawn with boats floating on still waters off the island of Yap, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), hatchling, making it's way across the beach to the ocean, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / An Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea medusae) washed ashore at high tide and likely to die when the ocean recedes, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Girls in traditional dress worn for cultural ceremonies on tropical beach, hut and palm trees in background. Yap, Micronesia. 2013. Model released.

David Fleetham / Aerial view of the Manta Ray Bay Resort in the town of Colonia on the island of Yap, Micronesia. August 2017.