Underwater view of the reef along the circumference of the Great Blue Hole on Lighthouse Reef, UNESCO, Belize

Underwater view of the reef along the circumference of the Great Blue Hole on Lighthouse Reef, UNESCO, Belize

Soft corals and sponges underwater on Long Caye in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

A myriad of fish and coral underwater at Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Soft corals and sponges underwater on Long Caye in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Underwater marine life on coral reefs, Thailand

Underwater view of the reef along the circumference of the Great Blue Hole on Lighthouse Reef, UNESCO, Belize

Just beneath the surface of the Red Sea lies a beautiful hard coral garden.

Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari), Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Reef wall covered with soft corals and gorgonians, mainly orange cup coral, Tubastrea faulkneri, Verde Island, Philippines.

Anthias, Pseudanthias sp., swim over a hard coral garden with a variety of different hard corals including table, branching, cabbage or lettuce, staghorn, and leather varieties, Acropora sp., Porites sp., Echinopora sp., Sarcophyton sp., Spice Islands, Maluku Region, Halmahera, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Clark's Anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, in pink bubble tip anemone, Sangeang Volcanic Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Hawksbill turtle portrait, Eretmochelys imbricata, Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Split photo of branching staghorn corals, Acropora sp., and islands in the background, Loloda Selatan, Spice Islands, Maluku Region, Halmahera, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), Menjangan dive site, Garden Eel, Bali, Indonesia.

Hard coral garden on reef, Moluccus Banda Sea Indonesia