Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale {Balaenoptera brydei / edeni} with throat pleats expanded after feeding on baitball of Sardines {Sardinops sagax} off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. Veolia Environnement...

Doug Perrine / White spotted eagle ray from underneath {Aetobatus narinari} Caribbean Sea (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Great white shark jaws open at surface {Carcharodon carcharias} South Africa (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Schooling female Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific

Doug Perrine / Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) pair at sunset. Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, USA.

Doug Perrine / Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and Pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) feeding on bait fish, Pacific Ocean off southern Costa Rica.

Doug Perrine / I'iwi / Scarlet honeycreeper (Vestiaria / Drepanis coccinea) feeding on blossoms of mamane tree, (Sophora chrysophylla) also an endemic species, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. Endemic, Vul...

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching as calf splashes down after a breach; windmills in background produce renewable energy; Hawaii Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Maui, Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf riding on mother's head. Near Nomuka Island, Ha'apai Islands, Tonga.

Doug Perrine / Dugong or Sea cow (Dugong dugon) split level view, Calauit Island, off Busuanga, Calamian Islands, Palawan, Philippines.

Doug Perrine / Pacific leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) a critically endangered species, Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Female scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, off Keauhou, South Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )

Doug Perrine / Female scalloped hammerhead shark, (Sphyrna lewini) off Keauhou, South Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Hot lava from the 61G flow, emanating from Pu'u O'o on Kilauea Volcano, flows over sea cliffs into the ocean under the stars and moon, Kamokuna, Kalapana, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Puna, Hawaii...

Doug Perrine / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) swimming with a pair of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) Kona, Hawaii, USA

Doug Perrine / False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) pod, off the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA. January.

Doug Perrine / Pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus) portrait, captive. Kona, Hawaii. Central Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus) portrait, captive. Kona, Hawaii. Central Pacific Ocean. Digitally manipulated image.

Doug Perrine / Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) swimming off Kaiwi Point, Kona, Hawaii Island, USA.

Doug Perrine / Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) swimming off Kaiwi Point, Kona, Hawaii Island, USA.

Doug Perrine / Red hot lava from Kilauea Volcano flowing into ocean at West Kailiili, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA.

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lone female playing, blowing bubble stream, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Doug Perrine / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Kohala, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Doug Perrine / Barjacks (Caranx ruber), Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus), and Sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) swimming around wreck of bow gun on C-58 shipwreck off Puerto Morelos, near Cancun,...

Doug Perrine / Giant squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) at cleaning station in the cockpit of wreck of Panorama Air Tour Beech H18S that crashed in 1983 after take-off from Keahole airport, Kona, Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) adult male swimming, Deserta Grande, Ilhas Desertas, Parque Natural da Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, June. Critically endangered species

Doug Perrine / Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) Keauhou, Kona, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Scuba diver films bait ball of Bigeye scad (Selar crumenopthalmus) Keauhou Bay, Kona, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands. Central Pacific ocean. March 2010. Model released.

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) aggressive male attacks a five and a half week pup, mother (right) approaches to intervene; Papaloa Beach, Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii, USA

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian / Gray's / Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris longirostris) with mother and young calf. Keauhou, Kona, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Flower Hat Jelly / Jellyfish (Olindias formosa), a rare hydromedusa with fluorescent tentacle tips. Endemic to Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan.

Doug Perrine / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) being cleaned of algae by Yellow tangs / surgeonfish (Zebrasoma flavescens), Puako, Kona, Hawaii, USA, June, Endangered species

Doug Perrine / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) cleaned of algae by Yellow tangs / surgeonfish (Zebrasoma flavescens), Puako, Kona, Hawaii, USA, June, Endangered species

Doug Perrine / Swarm / aggregation of venomous Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) Port Fidalgo, Prince William Sound, USA, July

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Doug Perrine / Researcher Guy Stevens photographs belly spot identification pattern of Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Oc...

Doug Perrine / Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) barrel roll filter feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) vortex / cyclone feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) filter feeding on plankton among Silverside fish that are also feeding on the plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Ind...

Doug Perrine / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) juvenile female aged about 6-11 years, Endangered Species, Commonwealth of Dominica, Caribbean, March

Doug Perrine / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) juvenile female aged about 6-11 years, Endangered Species, Commonwealth of Dominica, Caribbean, March