The Great Barrier Reef – in pictures

The Great Barrier Reef, a new BBC wildlife documentary starts on New Year's Day. Showcasing Australia's spectacular dive sites, rainforest, beach and mangroves, the series is the result of 600 hours of filming along the 2,000km-long reef. These stunning images are just a taster of what to expect
  
  


Great Barrier Reef: The Ribbons Reef, Great Barrier Reef
See thousands of amazing species on a single dive. These brightly coloured specimens live on the ribbon reefs on the northern edge of the Great Barrier Reef. Photograph: Tara Artner
Great Barrier Reef: Potato cod at Cod Hole, the Ribbons Reef
A potato cod spotted on a dive at Cod Hole, just off Lizard Island. Photograph: James Brickell
Great Barrier Reef: Monty Halls with a whitetip reef shark
Monty Halls with one of the whitetip reef sharks that cruise the channels off Heron Island. Photograph: John Rumney
Great Barrier Reef: Monty Halls and Nautilus, Osprey Reef
Presenter Monty Halls with a nautilus cephalopod in its spiral shell, taken at Osprey Reef. Photograph: John Rumney
Great Barrier Reef: Minke whale, Great Barrier Reef
So long as you can vaguely float in the water, you can get up close and personal with a curious minke whale. Photograph: John Rumney
Great Barrier Reef: Minke whale, Great Barrier Reef
Minke whale seem to be attracted to humans. Photograph: John Rumney
Great Barrier Reef: Green turtle in a sea grass bed
The seagrass beds around green island attract hundreds of green turtles. Photograph: Tara Artner
Great Barrier Reef: Green turtle on Raine Island
A green turtle on Raine Island, the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world. Photograph: Mark MacEwen
Great Barrier Reef: Green turtle hatching at Raine Island
A green turtle hatchling at Raine Island. Photograph: David Wachenfeld
Great Barrier Reef: Mangrove roots, Great Barrier Reef
Mangrove roots. Photograph: David Wachenfeld
Great Barrier Reef: Anemone fish
An anemone fish. Photograph: James Brickell
Great Barrier Reef: Brown boobie on Raine Island
A brown boobie on Raine Island.
Photograph: Mark MacEwan Photograph: Mark MacEwen
Great Barrier Reef: Sweetlips, Great Barrier Reef
A school of sweetlips. Photograph: Tara Artner
Great Barrier Reef: Tiger shark in the shallows of Raine Island
A tiger shark in the shallows of Raine Island. Photograph: Ragini Osinga
Great Barrier Reef: A pearl fish poking its head out from inside a sea cucumber
A pearl fish poking its head out from inside a sea cucumber. Photograph: Richard Fitzpatrick
Great Barrier Reef: The Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef
The Ribbon Reefs, on the northern edge of the Great Barrier Reef. Photograph: James Brickell
 

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