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    Secrets of the Seas by Alex Mustard155

    More files... Bloomsbury Natural History, ISBN: 978-1472927613
    With photographs by Alex Mustard and text by Callum Roberts, Secrets of the Seas, published in September 2016 by Bloomsbury, is a visual voyage to some of the richest and most exciting places in the world's oceans. With chapters covering a range of habitats from the Pacific's Coral Triangle to the North Atlantic and the ocean's seaweed cathedrals, the book showcases Alex Mustard's extraordinary photography, with remarkable close-ups of a diverse range of the ocean's inhabitants.

    “This isn’t a title to read just once, but one into which you’ll continue to dive – to escape, to be entertained, and to become better informed about our fascinating, spectacular oceans.” – BBC Wildlife
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    Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) portrait underwater, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK, August
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    Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) portrait underwater, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK, August
    Alex Mustard / School of Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) above a coral reef. These fish are usually solitary but have gathered in the summer in the Red Sea for spawning. Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai,...
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    Alex Mustard / School of Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) above a coral reef. These fish are usually solitary but have gathered in the summer in the Red Sea for spawning. Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai,...
    Alex Mustard / Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) school, under a coral ledge, Snapper Hole, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) school, under a coral ledge, Snapper Hole, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Portrait of Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at the surface. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Portrait of Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at the surface. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) portrait, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) portrait, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis) sheltering beneath the tentacles of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp.). Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevis) sheltering beneath the tentacles of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp.). Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) bursts through the middle of a school of Yellowtail snappers (Ocyurus chrysurus). Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) bursts through the middle of a school of Yellowtail snappers (Ocyurus chrysurus). Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Fangtooth moray eel (Enchelycore anatina) with mouth open, Grand Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Fangtooth moray eel (Enchelycore anatina) with mouth open, Grand Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemari maria) yawns as it peers out from a hole in the reef. West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemari maria) yawns as it peers out from a hole in the reef. West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) yawning on a coral reef drop off. San Salvador island, Bahamas. Bahamas Sea, Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) yawning on a coral reef drop off. San Salvador island, Bahamas. Bahamas Sea, Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques). Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
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    Alex Mustard / Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques). Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
    Alex Mustard / Spotlight goby (Gobiosoma louisae) looking out from inside a Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis), growing on a coral reef. Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Car...
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    Alex Mustard / Spotlight goby (Gobiosoma louisae) looking out from inside a Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis), growing on a coral reef. Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Car...
    Alex Mustard / Close up detail photo of a Spotted moray (Gymnothorax isingteena), Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Close up detail photo of a Spotted moray (Gymnothorax isingteena), Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Large female Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) in shallow water, under storm clouds, Stingray City, Grand Cayman. Stingray City is feeding site for stingrays and bait was used on this shoot. Caym...
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    Alex Mustard / Large female Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) in shallow water, under storm clouds, Stingray City, Grand Cayman. Stingray City is feeding site for stingrays and bait was used on this shoot. Caym...
    Alex Mustard / Pattern detail of a Majestic angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus). Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Pattern detail of a Majestic angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus). Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea.
    Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pink shrimp (Pandalus montagui), Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April
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    Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pink shrimp (Pandalus montagui), Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April
    Alex Mustard / An Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) bathing in the sun at the surface. Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. Southern Ocean. November
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    Alex Mustard / An Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) bathing in the sun at the surface. Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. Southern Ocean. November
    Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) silhouette, feeding on floating fish eggs (not visible) just below the surface in calm weather. Note the bow wave ahead of the shark. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan...
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    Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) silhouette, feeding on floating fish eggs (not visible) just below the surface in calm weather. Note the bow wave ahead of the shark. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan...
    Alex Mustard / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) adult female swimming through sunbeams in an underwater cave. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) adult female swimming through sunbeams in an underwater cave. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Yellow lipped sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) dives back down to the reef after surfacing for breath of air. Apo Island, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Yellow lipped sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) dives back down to the reef after surfacing for breath of air. Apo Island, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) on a blue sea star. This species of shrimps feeds on starfish, turning them upside-down and keeping them as a living larder. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Le...
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    Alex Mustard / Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) on a blue sea star. This species of shrimps feeds on starfish, turning them upside-down and keeping them as a living larder. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Le...
    Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) with mouth wide open feeding on plankton concentrated in surface waters close to the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition....
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    Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) with mouth wide open feeding on plankton concentrated in surface waters close to the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition....
    Alex Mustard / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from above. Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean
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    Alex Mustard / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from above. Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean
    Alex Mustard / Air filled bladders of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Air filled bladders of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans) photographed with a long exposure with camera rotation. Taken with circular fisheye lens. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans) photographed with a long exposure with camera rotation. Taken with circular fisheye lens. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Nudibranchs (Doto greenamyeri) newly described species on feather hydroids. Seraya Bay, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Nudibranchs (Doto greenamyeri) newly described species on feather hydroids. Seraya Bay, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food on a colourful reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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    Alex Mustard / Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food on a colourful reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    Alex Mustard / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / Pink skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) portrait in red algae. Thistilfjord, Thorshofn, north east Iceland. North Atlantic Ocean.
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    Alex Mustard / Pink skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) portrait in red algae. Thistilfjord, Thorshofn, north east Iceland. North Atlantic Ocean.
    Alex Mustard / RF- Pair of Rock beauties (Holacanthus tricolor) spawning at dusk. The larger male rubs against the flank of female during the spawning rise. Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. (This...
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    Alex Mustard / RF- Pair of Rock beauties (Holacanthus tricolor) spawning at dusk. The larger male rubs against the flank of female during the spawning rise. Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. (This...
    Alex Mustard / Aggregation of tiny isopods (Santia sp.) living on the surface of a Blue sponge (Haliclona sp.), there are two colour varieties here, possibly different species. There are also small copepods living o...
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    Alex Mustard / Aggregation of tiny isopods (Santia sp.) living on the surface of a Blue sponge (Haliclona sp.), there are two colour varieties here, possibly different species. There are also small copepods living o...
    Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States...
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    Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States...
    Alex Mustard / Diver swimming with an aggregation of Cod (Gadus morhua) over a kelp forest. These cod were gathered in early spring off the north coast of Iceland to spawn. Thorshofn, Iceland. North Atlantic Ocean....
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    Alex Mustard / Diver swimming with an aggregation of Cod (Gadus morhua) over a kelp forest. These cod were gathered in early spring off the north coast of Iceland to spawn. Thorshofn, Iceland. North Atlantic Ocean....
    Alex Mustard / A school of lesser devil rays (Mobula hypostoma) flying through sunbeams as they feed. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / A school of lesser devil rays (Mobula hypostoma) flying through sunbeams as they feed. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Silhouette of reef fish, including a Blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus) and many Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis). Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Silhouette of reef fish, including a Blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus) and many Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis). Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Soft corals (Scleronephthya corymbosa) inside a cavern within a coral reef. This species is typical of cave habitats. Uum Karerim, St Johns Reef. Egypt. Red Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Soft corals (Scleronephthya corymbosa) inside a cavern within a coral reef. This species is typical of cave habitats. Uum Karerim, St Johns Reef. Egypt. Red Sea.
    Alex Mustard / A male Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) carrying eggs along tail swims through a Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant...
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    Alex Mustard / A male Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) carrying eggs along tail swims through a Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant...
    Alex Mustard / Diver photographing a school of Big eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). South Atoll, Tubbataha Atolls, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Palawan, Philippines. Sulu Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Diver photographing a school of Big eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus). South Atoll, Tubbataha Atolls, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Palawan, Philippines. Sulu Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Colourful reef scene with Green tubastrea (Tubastrea micrantha), Soft corals (Scleronephthya sp.) and Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei). Ra...
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    Alex Mustard / Colourful reef scene with Green tubastrea (Tubastrea micrantha), Soft corals (Scleronephthya sp.) and Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and Magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei). Ra...
    Alex Mustard / Aggregation of Golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp.) in a marine lake in Palau, the golden colour of this species comes from symbiotic algae in its tissues. Jellyfish Lake, Eil Malk island, Rock Islands, P...
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    Alex Mustard / Aggregation of Golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp.) in a marine lake in Palau, the golden colour of this species comes from symbiotic algae in its tissues. Jellyfish Lake, Eil Malk island, Rock Islands, P...
    Alex Mustard / Sponge crab (Dromia dromia) carrying a purple sponge on its back, has climbed on a pinky-orange sponge to feed at night. Baa Atoll, Maldives.
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    Alex Mustard / Sponge crab (Dromia dromia) carrying a purple sponge on its back, has climbed on a pinky-orange sponge to feed at night. Baa Atoll, Maldives.
    Alex Mustard / Diver encounters a large sunfish (Mola mola), the world's heaviest bony fish. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea Model released
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    Alex Mustard / Diver encounters a large sunfish (Mola mola), the world's heaviest bony fish. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea Model released
    Alex Mustard / Close up of the scale details of a Yellow-mask angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon). Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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    Alex Mustard / Close up of the scale details of a Yellow-mask angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon). Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
    Alex Mustard / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) portrait, invasive species in the Caribbean. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.
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    Alex Mustard / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) portrait, invasive species in the Caribbean. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.
    Alex Mustard / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) being cleaned by blue gill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida. USA. February 2010
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    Alex Mustard / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) being cleaned by blue gill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida. USA. February 2010
    Alex Mustard / Four California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus) shelter beneath a boulder in a kelp forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East...
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    Alex Mustard / Four California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus) shelter beneath a boulder in a kelp forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East...
    Alex Mustard / School of Blacksmith fish (Chromis punctipinnis) swim through a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Nort...
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    Alex Mustard / School of Blacksmith fish (Chromis punctipinnis) swim through a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Nort...
    Alex Mustard / Snorkeller swimming over a shallow coral reef with a large stand of Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). North Wall, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. Critically enda...
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    Alex Mustard / Snorkeller swimming over a shallow coral reef with a large stand of Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). North Wall, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. Critically enda...
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