Coral Kingdoms

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R brightly colorcd porrotfish seizes o chunk of coral in its pouuerful jaws and grinds it into sand, uuhich then trails away in long streams that doud the water. Tujo octopuses writhe uncomfortably in the beom of a diver's light and change colors wildly, yet never lose physical contact uuith eoch other. The ferocious buik of a greot white shork barrels in silently from murky mater and consumes its prey in a paroxysm of violence. These and countless other scenes of undersea life are described vividly by author-photographer-diver Carl Roessler, who spends many of his uuaking hours under uuater. Roessler has uuitnessed innumerable scenes that shed light on life belouu the oceans' surfaces. He takes us to the greatest coral kingdoms of the uuorld: the Caribbean, the Red Sea, the Indián Ocean, the multitude of island groups in the South Pacific, the Galápagos, Baja California, Hawaii, flustralia, and New Zealand and its surrounding islands. In each area Roessler telis us which sites a... Tovább

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R brightly colorcd porrotfish seizes o chunk of coral in its pouuerful jaws and grinds it into sand, uuhich then trails away in long streams that doud the water. Tujo octopuses writhe uncomfortably in the beom of a diver's light and change colors wildly, yet never lose physical contact uuith eoch other. The ferocious buik of a greot white shork barrels in silently from murky mater and consumes its prey in a paroxysm of violence. These and countless other scenes of undersea life are described vividly by author-photographer-diver Carl Roessler, who spends many of his uuaking hours under uuater. Roessler has uuitnessed innumerable scenes that shed light on life belouu the oceans' surfaces. He takes us to the greatest coral kingdoms of the uuorld: the Caribbean, the Red Sea, the Indián Ocean, the multitude of island groups in the South Pacific, the Galápagos, Baja California, Hawaii, flustralia, and New Zealand and its surrounding islands. In each area Roessler telis us which sites a diver should concentrate on, which are overrated, and which may be the greatest diving spots of the future. This book is so filled with excitement, poignancy, and beauty that it will appeal not only to divers, but to everyone who loves nature and is fascinated by the mysterious charms of the undersea world. Carl Roessler, a well-known underwater photographer and author, is owner and president of the world's first and largest travel agency exclusively devoted to arranging diving vacations, or "underwater safaris." His photographs, including shots of a few species new to science, and more than 200 articles have appeared in leading magazines throughout the world, and he has published two books on underwater life and photography. Vissza