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Papua giant banded gecko (Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis)

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• Non exclusive sale
• Sale prohibited by some Agents

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Coral limestone overhang, D: 11 m, Fringe reef of unnamed "Islet", 8 km north of Yanaba Island Islet, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Wall drop-off, downward view, Outer reef of unnamed "Islet", 8 km north of Yanaba Island Reef, D: 20 m, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Brain coral (top) and concurrent species, D: 9 m Outer reef of Egum Atoll, near Yanaba Island, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), D: 17 m Outer reef of Egum Atoll, near Yanaba Island, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Fore reef zone, D: 3 m, Reef off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Breakthrough in reef, vertical view. Crinoids, sponges and diverse corals (Acropora spp, Porites spp, Montipora spp, Diploastrea heliopora), stitched image 15000 x 10000 px, D: 15 m, Reef off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Reef flat zone, stitched panorama 10000 x 5500 px, D: 3 m, Reef off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Reef wall off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby D: 10 m Healthy Cabbage Coral (Turbinaria reniformis), Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias tuka), Gorgonian / common sea fan (order Alcyonacea)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Fore reef zone (wall) Barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) stitched image 12000 x 8300 px, D: 12 m, Reef wall off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Rebecca "Becky" Vega Thurber Associate Professor, Oregon State University (Scientific coordinator on Tara Milne Bay leg 1-16 Nov 2017), Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Old man of Yanaba.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll, papua New Guinea, Young boy of Yanaba.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Shark finning is an issue even in this remote island. Dried shark fins are sold to some rare Asian clients.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll Village center. Stitched panorama 13800 x 4280 px

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Children playing in the waves with self-made surfboards.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll Village and beach, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll Village and beach, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Yanaba Island, Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, A formal meeting was organized amidst traditional huts on stilts overlooking the lagoon. Alfred Yohang Ko’ou (PNG scientific observer) explains reef ecology and Tara’s scientific mission to the assembly of Yanaba’s inhabitants.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Tara at anchorage near local village, Normanby Island, papua New Guinea, Captain Simon Regal distributing educative brochures upon arrival.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Tara at anchorage near local village, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea, stitched panorama 14900 x 4000 px

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Different stages of sample proceeding o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Proceeding of coral samples o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea, Dr. Rebecca Vega Thurber (scientific coordinator), Associate Professor, Oregon State University

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Proceeding of coral samples o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea, Rebecca Vega Thurber (scientific coordinator, right) and Grace Klinges (student, left)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Normanby Island, Paua New Guinea, Local inhabitants watching Rebecca Vega Thurber confectioning fresh samples o/b Tara

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Confectioning of samples o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea, pectoral fin sample : Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Confectioning of samples o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea, 2 reef fish sample species : Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus, photo) and Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus, no photo)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Scientists confectioning fresh coral samples o/b Tara, papua New Guinea, Grace Klinges (student)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Scientists confectioning fresh coral samples o/b Tara. from the left: Rebecca "Becky" Vega Thurber (scientific coordinator), Emilie Boissin (CRIOBE), Grace Klinges (student)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Scientists confectioning fresh coral samples o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea. from the left: Rebecca "Becky" Vega Thurber (scientific coordinator), Emilie Boissin (CRIOBE), Grace Klinges (student)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Reef off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby, Papua New Guinea, Jonathan Lancelot (Tara dive & hyperbaric chief) collecting plancton on a sampling site, D: 3 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Reef off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site Normanby, Papua New Guinea, Jonathan Lancelot (Tara dive & hyperbaric chief) collecting plancton on a sampling site, D: 2 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Nubara Island, Solomon, Sea Grace Klinges (r) and Guillaume Iwankow (CRIOBE) (l) sampling coral on a small reef, isolated from the main fringing reef. D: 20 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Nubara Island, Solomon Sea, Grace Klinges sampling coral, D: 20 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Nubara Island, Solomon Sea, Grace Klinges (r) and Guillaume Iwankow (CRIOBE)(l) sampling coral, D: 20 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Outer reef of Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Jonathan Lancelot (Tara dive & hyperbaric chief) (l) and Loïc Caudan (Tara chief engineer) (r), sampling coral. D: 9 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Outer reef of Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Scientific coordinator Rebecca Vega Thurber (l) and student Grace Klinges (r) document the sampling, D: 6 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Reef off Suba Suba Island, 1,9 km west of bubble site, papua New Guinea, Water sampling on collecting site. Tara team.

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Underwater coring specialist Guillaume Iwankow (CRIOBE) packing the cores o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Underwater coring specialist Guillaume Iwankow (CRIOBE) packing the cores o/b Tara, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 detail view of Diploastrea heliopora core, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 cores: Porites lobata (left) Diploastrea heliopora (right), Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 detail view of Diploastrea heliopora core, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Detail view of Porites lobata core: The thin colored layer represents the living part of the coral (5 mm). Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 cores: Diploastrea heliopora (top) Porites lobata (front), Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Profile of Porites lobata core, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Surface of Porites lobata core, Papua New Guinea

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Papua New Guinea, 2 completed cores being handled by Guillaume Iwankow (CRIOBE) on deck of Tara. Diploastrea heliopora (back) Porites lobata (front)

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Outer reef of Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Diploastrea heliopora coral, the coring procedure does not affect more than a few square centimeters of the coral’s surface. The limestone underneath is only skeleton. D: 12 m

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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 Outer reef of Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Guillaume Iwankow (CRIOBE) with a partial core of a Diploastrea heliopora coral. This 50 cm section represents 100 years of coral growth. D: 12 m