Ethereal Ocean_Art A friendly green turtle with

A friendly green turtle with a twinkle in her eye swimming over shallow reef near Lady Elliot Island allowed me this intimate Great Barrier Reef encounter

Sleek in their design and deliberate in their movements the silvertip shark is one of the most beautiful sharks in the ocean

Free-diving with this beautiful green turtle in the Lady Musgrave Island lagoon was a special experience being 'in the moment' with an endangered sea turtle that has survived at least 30 years to call the Great Barrier Reef home

a large anemone in Fiji was home to several anemone fish

Ethereal Ocean_Art A friendly green turtle withA late afternoon swim in the lagoon at Lady Elliot Island and I was rewarded with an encounter with a very relaxed green turtle. These beautiful creatures are on the IUCN (International Union of the Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species and listed as Endangered. The low angle of the sun made for an ethereal backdrop of glistening corals and dancing light rays.