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.
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Juergen Freund / Woman's bare legs and feet on white sand, Broome's Cable Beach, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Schooling fish beneath the 2km long Busselton Jetty. Busselton, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Burner inflating Raging Thunder hot air balloon, Mareeba, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Bushfire in the outback. Derby, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Scientists on the Undersea Explorer research vessel testing a coconut rattle to attract sharks. Queensland, Australia. John Rumney.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Swallowtail (Centroberyx lineatus), Albany, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia
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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.
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Juergen Freund / The wreck of the HMAS Swan, Dunsborough, Western Australia. The wreck has created an artificial coral-reef.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling fish beneath the 2km long Busselton Jetty. Busselton, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Schooling fish beneath the 2km long Busselton Jetty. Busselton, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Mass of Schooling yellowtail scad fish (Trachurus novaezelandiae) beneath Busselton Jetty, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Quicksilver Pontoon with tourists snorkeling watching fish split-level, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia 2006
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Juergen Freund / The Boulders creek and rapids, Babinda, Queensland, Australia, March 2011 Composite panoramic image
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Juergen Freund / Giant Fig Tree in Daintree NP, Queensland, Australia, January 2009, composite panoramic image
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Juergen Freund / Yardie Creek, with Ningaloo Reef on the horizon, Cape Range NP, Western Australia, May 2008, composite panoramic image
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Juergen Freund / Sydney Habour Bridge at night, floodlit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 2008, composite panoramic image
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Juergen Freund / Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, November 2008, 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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Juergen Freund / Snake breeder Lauren Collings with a Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) in a trash dump site. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff photographing an olive python (Liasis olivaceus) on a termite mound. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus). Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus). Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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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
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff showing the fangs of a curl snake (Suta suta) caught earlier in Corella Dam. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a curl snake (Suta suta) caught earlier in Corella Dam. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff checking out a massive termite mound searching for snakes. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff turning rocks in the desert looking for snakes taking shelter underground. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff leafing through his snake ID book with a crate of sea snakes in the background. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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Juergen Freund / Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) well camouflaged in its natural habitat, seen from above. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) hanging down against the leaf of a Frangipani. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) coiled around the leaves of a Frangipani. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on a tree by the edge of a watering hole. Queensland, Australia, February
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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
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Juergen Freund / Close-up of Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) head and coils. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Close-up of Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) head on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) on white background, seen from above. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled in a figure-of-eight on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) on white background stretching head high into the air. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Close-up of Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) head on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) seen from above, coiled on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) beginning to uncoil on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) on sandy beach. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / The long road from Dajarra to Boulia, crossing the dry red desert of the Australian centre. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff turning rocks in the desert looking for snakes taking shelter underground. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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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
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Juergen Freund / Screw palm / pine (Pandanus spiralis) submerged in the flooded bush. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Paperbark forest (Melaleuca sp) submerged in a fast flowing and flooded creek, Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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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
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Juergen Freund / Granite rocky coast of Magnetic Island. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / The long road from Dajarra to Boulia, crossing the dry red desert of the Australian centre. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) coiled, on white background. Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Sleepy-looking motel in the outback town of Hughenden, Queesnland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / The massive Australian roadtrains rule the outback roads. The longest these trucks get is up to 53 metres. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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Juergen Freund / The massive Australian roadtrains rule the outback roads. The longest these trucks get is up to 53 metres. Queensland, Australia, February 2008
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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
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Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Close-up of Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Curl snake (Suta Suta) resting on red gravel. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) moving over vegetation, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Close-up of head of Coastal carpet python (Morelia Spilota McDowelli) on white background, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) resting on a wrecked car radiator. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Massive 2.5 metre Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) perched on a tree trunk in the forest. Queensland, Australia, February
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Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) on white background, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) coiled, on white background. Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Detail of scale pattern on skin of a young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli). Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli)on leaf, Queensland, Australia
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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
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Juergen Freund / Corals on a reef off Dunk Island, Australia, suffering from siltation. Indo-pacific
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Juergen Freund / Fenced swmming area with stinger nets to protect swimmers from Box jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp) South Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Warning signs on a beach in Australia, advising people not to swim in the water due to risk of jellyfish stings.
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Juergen Freund / Dr. Jamie Seymour searching for Box jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp) from atop a research vessel, Australia. 2008
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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
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
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Juergen Freund / Sunset & clouds at Green Head, Western Australia