"Curiosity" Jason Belport "Great Wall West"

"Great Wall West"

A  Nassau Grouper looms in the foreground and a diver looks down from above as a Tiger Grouper rests at a “cleaning station”

A year-long project to create the image took place in several phases

"Diving Hawk

"Curiosity" Jason Belport "Great Wall West"On Santa Barbara Island, a young California Sea Lion stops in my path to check me out. At least I thought he was interested in me. As it turns out, he was more interested in his own reflection in the large dome of my camera lens. Jim Hellemn has made a career out of inventing ways to capture the spectacular colors and details of coral reefs. His images have appeared in National Geographic magazine, the American Museum of Natural History and are