Fluorescence Images by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

The photographs on this page were taken by Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director of the Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.  Dr. Hoegh-Guldberg recently conducted a saturation mission in the Aquarius underwater habitat off Key Largo, Florida, researching various aspects of fluorescence in corals.  You can read accounts of the mission online.

Technical details:

Camera: Sony PC110

Housing: Amphibico

Camera filter: NightSea BBAMPH barrier filter for the Amphibico housing

Light source: Underwater Kinetics Light Cannon

Excitation filter: NightSea BE1 on Light Cannon

Exposure: camera on automatic

 

All images © Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Coral, Montastraea cavernosa

Coral, Montastraea cavernosa

 

Coral, Montastraea cavernosa

All images © Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

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