Juergen Freund / Cultured Golden South Sea pearls of the Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) Jewelmer pearls, Philippines
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of coral cays and white sand bars surrounding Bugsuk Island, Farm 1 of Jewelmer pearl farm. This private island has been highly protected since the 1970's and is in pristine environmental...
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of coral cays and white sand bars surrounding Bugsuk Island, Farm 1 of Jewelmer pearl farm. This private island has been highly protected since the 1970's and is in pristine environmental...
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Golden south sea pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) are prepared with plastic wedges to have nuclei inserted for the creation of cultured pearls, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Baby Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) at Jewelmer Pearlfarm, two months spats (2 mm in size) and three months (10mm in size) Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearl of Oyster (Pinctada maxima), Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed in hand, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed in oyster shell, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm workers clean each pearl oyster regularly taking off barnacles and anything that grows on the shell, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Almost perfect cultured pearl extracted from Golden South Sea Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) oyster will then be reused, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, expert technician extracts nearly perfect culutred pearl from golden South Sea Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) oyster will then be reused, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Goldlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) with golden pearl on beach, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Golden South Sea Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) laid out on trays waiting to have nucleus inserted to initiate cultured pearl growth, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Pete Oxford / Cattail Millet (Pennisetum glaucum), Uttar Pradesh, India
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Pete Oxford / Pearl farming lines underwater, J Hunter Pearl Farm, Savusavu island, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014. Fiji is known for producing 'black' pearls.
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Pete Oxford / Pearl farming racks underwater, J Hunter Pearl Farm, Savusavu island, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014. Fiji is known for producing 'black' pearls.
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Pete Oxford / Pearl farming lines underwater, J Hunter Pearl Farm, Savusavu island, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014. Fiji is known for producing 'black' pearls.
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Pete Oxford / Pearl farming rack, J Hunter Pearl Farm, Savusavu island, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014. Fiji is known for producing 'black' pearls.
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Pete Oxford / Pearl farming racks underwater, J Hunter Pearl Farm, Savusavu island, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014. Fiji is known for producing 'black' pearls.
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Sue Flood / Black pearls for sale on pearl farm, Rangiroa, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific 2010
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Juergen Freund / Baby Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) at Jewelmer Pearlfarm, three months spats, 10mm in size, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Algae grown in laboratory as food for young Oysters at the Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Baby Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) at Jewelmer Pearlfarm, two months spats, 2 mm in size, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed by Jewelmer Pearlfarm owner, Jacques Brannelec, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, floats holding oyster cages in open water, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Jewelmer Pearlfarm and live reef fish cage, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of lines of Oyster cages at Pearl farm, Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of lines of Oyster cages at Pearl farm, Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Oyster nets and cages for cultured pearl farming, the Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Aerial of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. A pearl farm operates in these waters, February 2010
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. A pearl farm operates in these waters. West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Raja Ampat's islands, sand cays and lagoons. A pearl farm operates in these waters. West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, newly cleaned Golden South Sea Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) in hanging cages, waiting to be relocated to the open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm administrator planning workflow of oyster maintainance, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, baby pearl oysters (spats) in bucket, Philippines, April 2010
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Sue Flood / Worker at pearl farm removing cultured black pearl from Oyster (Lophia folium) shell, Rangiroa atoll, French Polynesia.
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Steven David Miller / Australian South Seas Pearls from the White lip oyster (Pinctada maxima) Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Broome, Western Australia
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Steven David Miller / Australian South Seas Pearls from the White lip oyster (Pinctada maxima) Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Broome, Western Australia
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Steven David Miller / Oyster rack for the commercial cultivation of Australian South Seas Pearls from the White lip oyster (Pinctada maxima) Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Broome, Western Australia
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Steven David Miller / Australian South Seas Pearls from the White lip oyster (Pinctada maxima) Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Broome, Western Australia
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Ingo Arndt / Grass (Sorghum sp) and Pearl Millet (Penissetum sp) bunches, annual grasses grown as grain and animal fodder, Sahel Desert, Mali, west Africa
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Ingo Arndt / Pearl Millet (Pennisetum sp) annual grass grown as grain and animal fodder, Sahel Desert, Mali, west Africa
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Rick Tomlinson / Fish under the pearl farm on the reef in Tahaa French Polynesia, 2006.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Black lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) lines in a pearl farm with two people on the surface, Polynesia.
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Roberto Rinaldi / Farmers monitoring the giant blacklipped oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) lines in a pearl farm, Polynesia
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Franco Banfi / Black pearls from CJC Corrion farm, Manihi Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
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Franco Banfi / Pearl farm worker inserting oysters into net pockets, Gauguin Pearl farm, Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
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Franco Banfi / Pearl farm worker inserting the spherical mother-of-pearl nucleus into the pearl-oyster, Gauguin Pearl farm, Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.