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| Soft Coral, Jackson Reef, Straits of Tiran.
The animals are the dark red polyps, and they build the arboreal structure,
secreting the crescent-shaped calcium spicules to give strength. The purpose of the
structure is to put more surface area into the current, so that more food can be captured
by the polyps. Nikonos 5, 28mm f/2.8 lens with extension tube, Subsea 150 strobe, f/22, Kodak Ektar 100. |