Charisma Gallery These beautiful creatures are on

These beautiful creatures are on the IUCN (International Union of the Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species and listed as Endangered

it is very placid and my main focus was to be as still as possible and breathe slowly so as not to spook them as I waited patiently for a big female to swim slowly past me

A green turtle at home on a beautiful and very healthy patch of stag horn coral near Lady Elliot Island on the Southern Great Barrier Reef

I had seen mantas at this particular cleaning station on previous dives and it wasn't long before I was graced with the presence of a big female only inches from my camera dome as she hovered over the reef

protecting each other from predators

Charisma Gallery These beautiful creatures are onA very charismatic green turtle swimming past my dome port near Lady Elliot Island. The green turtle is listed as endangered on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species with populations decreasing.