Juergen Freund / The GEO snake expedition team braving the flooded waters to follow the lead of an aboriginal man looking for snakes in their sacred place. Queensland, Australia, February 2008. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Woman's bare legs and feet on white sand, Broome's Cable Beach, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Schooling fish beneath the 2km long Busselton Jetty. Busselton, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Burner inflating Raging Thunder hot air balloon, Mareeba, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Bushfire in the outback. Derby, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Scientists on the Undersea Explorer research vessel testing a coconut rattle to attract sharks. Queensland, Australia. John Rumney.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Swallowtail (Centroberyx lineatus), Albany, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Casts of 130 million year old dinosaur footprints (the original footprints are only exposed at low tide) at Gantheaume Point, with its distinctive red soils. Broome, Western Australia.

Juergen Freund / The wreck of the HMAS Swan, Dunsborough, Western Australia. The wreck has created an artificial coral-reef.

Juergen Freund / Schooling fish beneath the 2km long Busselton Jetty. Busselton, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Schooling fish beneath the 2km long Busselton Jetty. Busselton, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Mass of Schooling yellowtail scad fish (Trachurus novaezelandiae) beneath Busselton Jetty, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Quicksilver Pontoon with tourists snorkeling watching fish split-level, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia 2006

Juergen Freund / The Boulders creek and rapids, Babinda, Queensland, Australia, March 2011 Composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Giant Fig Tree in Daintree NP, Queensland, Australia, January 2009, composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Yardie Creek, with Ningaloo Reef on the horizon, Cape Range NP, Western Australia, May 2008, composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Sydney Habour Bridge at night, floodlit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 2008, composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 2008, composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Nandroya waterfall, Wooroonooran NP, Queensland, Australia, December 2010, composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff working in a mobile lab in the bush. To handle the highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) he puts the head and upper portion of the snake in a plastic t...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff extracting a tooth from the mouth of a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus). The death adder ranks 9th out of the top 10 most venomous snakes in the w...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) to extract a tooth from its mouth. He works in a mobile lab in the bush. The death adder ranks 9th out...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handles a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) to extract a tooth from its mouth. He works in a mobile lab in the bush. The death adder ranks 9th out...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff doing quick lab work with 2 fresh road kills, a King brown / Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) and a Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) in a mobile laboratory. Q...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff showing everted hemipenis of a road kill Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) in a mobile lab in the bush. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Snake breeder Lauren Collings with a Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) in a trash dump site. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff catching a Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) in a trash dump site. Dump sites and rubbish tips are favorite hiding places of reptiles. Snakes often take cover under sheets...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff finding a Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) in a trash dump site. Dump sites and rubbish tips are favorite hiding places of reptiles. Snakes often take cover under sheets o...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff catching a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) found 10 minutes into his group's evening road collection. The death adder ranks 9th out of the top 10...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff catching a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) found 10 minutes into his group's evening road collection. The death adder ranks 9th out of the top 10...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff photographing an olive python (Liasis olivaceus) on a termite mound. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus). Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus). Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff covering a curl snake (Suta suta) with his hat to encourage it to coil and rest quietly for photography. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff showing the fangs of a curl snake (Suta suta) caught earlier in Corella Dam. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a curl snake (Suta suta) caught earlier in Corella Dam. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff checking out a massive termite mound searching for snakes. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff turning rocks in the desert looking for snakes taking shelter underground. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff leafing through his snake ID book with a crate of sea snakes in the background. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking into a crate full of sea snakes caught during 3 hours spent spotlighting the river's surface at night. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff prepare a sea snake for skin sampling. Guido will take a positive print from the skin using a polymer, then use an electron microscope to discover whether sea snak...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking at a cross section of pit organ tissue from a Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) through an electron microscope with 20,000 x magnification. Pit organs...

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff with a Faraday shield. He uses this contraption to find out if sea snake tail has light receptors. The Faraday shield is used for shielding off noise. The electrodes and a light source...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snakes swimming inside a plastic crate. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, Aus...

Juergen Freund / Water being poured onto freshly caught sea snakes stored in plastic crate. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors....

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snakes stored in orange ice box. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, Australia,...

Juergen Freund / Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) well camouflaged in its natural habitat, seen from above. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) hanging down against the leaf of a Frangipani. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) coiled around the leaves of a Frangipani. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on a tree by the edge of a watering hole. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on top of a termite mound. Many pythons shelter in hollow termite mounds when not hunting. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) head and coils. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) head on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) on white background, seen from above. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled in a figure-of-eight on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) on white background stretching head high into the air. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) head on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) seen from above, coiled on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) beginning to uncoil on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) on sandy beach. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / The long road from Dajarra to Boulia, crossing the dry red desert of the Australian centre. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff turning rocks in the desert looking for snakes taking shelter underground. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Old used truck tyres recycled and filled with plants to landscape the bauxite mining area wall facing the highway. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Screw palm / pine (Pandanus spiralis) submerged in the flooded bush. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Paperbark forest (Melaleuca sp) submerged in a fast flowing and flooded creek, Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Myall Creek and bridge flooded from constant and torrential rains. This is the only road that leads to the outside world south of Weipa. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Granite rocky coast of Magnetic Island. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / The long road from Dajarra to Boulia, crossing the dry red desert of the Australian centre. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) coiled, on white background. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Sleepy-looking motel in the outback town of Hughenden, Queesnland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / The massive Australian roadtrains rule the outback roads. The longest these trucks get is up to 53 metres. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / The massive Australian roadtrains rule the outback roads. The longest these trucks get is up to 53 metres. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Row of Eucalyptus trees (Eucalyptus sp.) reflected on an oasis in the middle of the dry outback. Camooweal campground, Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Curl snake (Suta Suta) resting on red gravel. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) moving over vegetation, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Close-up of head of Coastal carpet python (Morelia Spilota McDowelli) on white background, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) resting on a wrecked car radiator. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Massive 2.5 metre Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) perched on a tree trunk in the forest. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) on white background, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) coiled, on white background. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Detail of scale pattern on skin of a young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli)on leaf, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Lyle Squire releasing a Potato grouper / cod {Epinephelus tukula} after inserting a radio transmitter into its belly, as part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

Juergen Freund / Corals on a reef off Dunk Island, Australia, suffering from siltation. Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Fenced swmming area with stinger nets to protect swimmers from Box jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp) South Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Warning signs on a beach in Australia, advising people not to swim in the water due to risk of jellyfish stings.

Juergen Freund / Dr. Jamie Seymour searching for Box jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp) from atop a research vessel, Australia. 2008

Juergen Freund / Richard Fitzpatrick and Dr. Jamie Seymour in their research boat collecting Box jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp) at night using strong lights to attract and see them, Australia. 2008

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Sunset & clouds at Green Head, Western Australia