KONA, HAWAII
(BIG ISLAND) - AUGUST, 2003
All pictures © 2022 by Ken Kurtis
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![Approach pattern.jpg (105664 bytes)](Approach_pattern_small.jpg) |
![Manta cruising.jpg (95956 bytes)](Manta_cruising_small.jpg) |
![Manta over diver's head.jpg (147647 bytes)](Manta_over_divers_head_small.jpg) |
![Reach out and touch.jpg (48123 bytes)](Reach_out_and_touch_small.jpg) |
Manta
on approach |
Cruising |
Going
over
diver's head |
Reach
out and touch |
X |
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![Belly to belly.jpg (141545 bytes)](Belly_to_belly_small.jpg) |
![Manta mouth.jpg (81427 bytes)](Manta_mouth_small1.jpg) |
![Flame angel.jpg (177194 bytes)](Flame_angel_small.jpg) |
![Moorish idol.jpg (152585 bytes)](Moorish_idol_small.jpg) |
Belly
to belly |
Mouth
agape |
Flame
angel |
Moorish
idol |
X |
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![Frogfish (1).jpg (172048 bytes)](Frogfish_1_small1.jpg) |
![Frogfish (head-on).jpg (141705 bytes)](Frogfish_head-on_small.jpg) |
![Octopus on the reef.jpg (231159 bytes)](Octopus_on_the_reef_small.jpg) |
![Hawkfish head-on (vert).jpg (78731 bytes)](Hawkfish_head-on_vert_small.jpg) |
Frogfish |
Head-on |
Octopus
on the reef |
Hawkfish
head-on |
X |
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![Puffer (CU).jpg (102114 bytes)](Puffer_CU_small.jpg) |
![Phyllidia coelestis.jpg (151312 bytes)](Phyllidia_coelestis_small.jpg) |
![Turtle cleaning.jpg (184009 bytes)](Turtle_cleaning_small.jpg) |
![Turtle face.jpg (151013 bytes)](Turtle_face_small1.jpg) |
Curious
puffer |
Nudibranch |
Turtle
getting cleaned |
Clean
green (turtle) |
X |
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![Arc-eye hawkfish (CU).jpg (93512 bytes)](Arc-eye_hawkfish_CU_small.jpg) |
![Chevron tang.jpg (191354 bytes)](Chevron_tang_small.jpg) |
![Whitespot damselfish.jpg (128698 bytes)](Whitespot_damselfish_small.jpg) |
![Tinker's butterfly.jpg (120379 bytes)](Tinkers_butterfly_small.jpg) |
Arc-Eye
hawkfish |
Chevron
tang |
Whitespotted
damselfish |
Tinker's
butterfly |
X |
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![Tiger moray.jpg (74502 bytes)](Tiger_moray_small.jpg) |
![Ghost shrimp.jpg (117485 bytes)](Ghost_shrimp_small.jpg) |
![Goldring surgeonfish.jpg (191795 bytes)](Goldring_surgeonfish_small.jpg) |
![Whitemouth moray.jpg (137646 bytes)](Whitemouth_moray_small.jpg) |
Tiger
moray |
Ghost
shrimp |
Goldring
surgeonfish |
Whitemouth
moray |
X |
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