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Chagos, British Indian Ocean Territory - May 2015

01_Visitor_on_bord_(black_noddy)
02_Our_first_encounter_with_a_short-finned_pilot_whale_(Globicephala_macrorhynchus)
03_Boobies_welcoming_us_in_Chagos
04_Research_vessel_Golden_Shadow_with_scientists_doing_research_on_coral_reefs
05_On_Ile_Fouquet
06_Black_Rose_stranded_2012
07_One_of_many_beautiful_shells_of_hermit_crabs
08_Close_up_of_Black_Rose
09_Watching_a_documentary_about_Chagos_and_the_people_who_lived_here
10_A_ghostcrab_(Ocypode_ceratophthalma)_on_the_beach
11_A_cross_to_remember_the_visit_in_2006_on_Ile_boddam
12_In_remembrance_of_the_visit_of_Chagosians_to_the_island_in_2006_on_Ile_Boddam
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Maldives Underwater - February - April 2015

01_Reef_Manta-Manta_alfredi_(Riff-Manta)_following_each_other_at_cleaning_station-Rasfari-Ari
02_Reef_Manta-Manta_alfredi_(Riff-Manta)_at_cleaning_station-Rasfari-Ari
03_Whitemouth_moray-Gymnothorax_meleagris_(Weisspunkt-Muraene)-Himmiya_Faru-Ari
04_Scythe_triggerfish-Sufflamen_bursa_(Weissbauch-Drueckerfisch)-Himmiya_Faru-Ari
05_Indo-pacific_red_lionfish-Pterois_volitans-with_featherstar_(Indo-Pazifischer_Rotfeuerfisch_mit_Haarstern)-Fishhead-Ari
06_Yellowhead-moray-Gymnothorax_fimbriatus_(Gelbkopfmuräne)-Fishhead-Ari
07_Big-eye_bream-Monotaxis_grandoculus_(Grossaugen-Strassenkehrer)-Fishhead-Ari
08_Masked_bannerfish-Heniochus_monoceros_(Masken-Wimpelfisch)-Fishhead-Ari
09_Golden_trevally-Gnathanodon_speciosus_(Schwarzgoldenen_Pilotmakrele)-Fishhead-Ari
10_Philippine_moss-Lytocarpus_philippinus_(Philippinenmoos)-Fishhead-Ari
11_Teira_batfish-Platax_teira_(Langflossen-Fledermausfisch)-Fishhead-Ari
12_Tassled_scorpionfish-Scorpaenopsis_oxycephala_(Baertiger_Drachenkopf)-Fishhead-Ari
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Maledives Cruise 1 - February 2015

01_Daniel_reading_an_english_book_(Johanna_Napetschnig)
02_everything_is_okay
03_Johanna_and_Daniel
04_Almost_ready_to_go_diving_at_Rasfari_North_Male_Atoll
05_Check_dive_with_Johanna_and_Daniel
06_Reading_time_with_aunt_Johanna
07_Music_on_bord
08_Johanna
09_Looking_for_Mantas_(Daniel_Andor)
10_Our_jumping_boy_(Johanna_Napetschnig)
11_Blowing_(Johanna_Napetschnig)
12_Sailing_and_chatting_(Johanna_Napetschnig)
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Maledives Cruise 2 - February 2015

01_Julia_and_Dieter_checking_out_the_coral_reef
02_Karin_and_Reinhard_on_their_first_snorkel_trip
03_Lunch_on_Pakia_tea
04_Terns_in_Ari-Atoll
05_Beautiful_sandy_spot_in_Ari-Atoll
06_Pakia_tea_with_Sonja_and_Keanu_(Buchegger_Tina)
07_Having_fun_(Buchegger_Tina)
08_Julia_and_Dieter_(Buchegger_Tina)
09_Karin_and_Kronschi_(Buchegger_Tina)
10_Tina_on_the_beach
11_Swimming_in_the_shade_under_Pakia_tea_(Buchegger_Tina)
12_Tom_making_our_ladder
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Maledives Cruise 3 - March 2015

01_Indopacific_bottlenose_dolphins_(Tursiops_aduncus)_close_to_Huavenfushi
02_Private_manta_snorkelling_at_Rasfari
03_Martin_and_his_Manta
04_A_heron_looking_for_fish_on_the_reef
05_Small_but_beautiful_sandbank
06_Private_beach_for_Michi_and_Martin
07_Boat_with_a_view_(Michael_Stelzhammer)
08_Almost_swimming
09_Sand_buildings_on_Dhigurah
10_The_other_side_of_the_Maldives_Dhigurah
11_On_the_beach_in_D
12_Swimming_in_cristal_clear_water
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best of Maledives - February - April 2015

01_Typical_Maldivian_skipjack_tuna_fishing_vessel
02_One_resort_island_of_the_Maldives
03_Our_anchorage_in_Rasfari_from_abovei
04_On_the_ferry_between_Hulhumale_and_Male
05_Fresh_caught_bonitos
06_A_so_called_Dream_Dhoni_the_hotels_use_for_trips_with_their_guests
07_Maldivian_fishermen_catching_bait_fish_for_their_skipjack_tuna
08_Maldivian_fishermen_catching_bait_fish_in_Ari-Atoll
09_The_western_side_of_Male
10_How_do_you_park_a_submarine
11_Skyscrapers_in_Male
12_Part_of_the_harbour_in_Male
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