Thomas' image is available as desktop wallpaper below, and will be joined every other month by subsequent winners. Enter your favorite coral reef photographs in the CORAL E-Current Photo Contest [1] for a chance to win a copy of Reef [2], a gorgeous photography book compiled by Scubazoo.
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Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus), Palancar Reef, Cozumel, Mexico. |
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Step 1. Click the link above that corresponds to your computer's screen resolution. The image will open in a new window. Wait for the image to load.
Step 2.
Windows Users: Right-click on the image. Select "Set as wallpaper" or "Set as background."
Mac Users: Hold the "ctrl" key while clicking on the image.
Safari: Select "Use image as Desktop Picture."
Firefox: Select "Set as Desktop Background" and then click "Set Desktop Background."
| Winner of the April 2013 E-Current Photo Contest: Cushion sea star (Oreaster reticulatus) taken at Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida. |
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| Winner of the January 2013 E-Current Photo Contest: A school, primarily Chromis damselfish, feeds over a field of Acropora coral, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. |
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| Winner of the November 2012 E-Current Photo Contest: Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) with remora, taken by Marshall Goldman at the Mizpah, off of West Palm Beach, Florida. |
| Winner of the September 2012 E-Current Photo Contest: Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) following a school of whitemouth jacks (Uraspis helvola), by Deron Verbeck. |
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| Winner of the July 2012 E-Current Photo Contest: Frogfish, (Antennarius sp.), taken in Lembeh, Indonesia, by William Goodwin. |
| Winner of the May 2012 E-Current Photo Contest: Pink anemone fish, (Amphiprion perideraion), taken in Siladin, Indonesia. |
| Winner of the March 2012 E-Current Photo Contest: Banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) and green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris), taken near the East End of Grand Cayman. |
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| Winner of the January 2012 E-Current Photo Contest: Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) near Tulamben, Bali Island by Gianni Cicalese. |
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| Winner of the November 2011 E-Current Photo Contest: Leopard toadfish (Opsanus pardus), South Florida by William Goodwin. |
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| Winner of the September 2011 E-Current Photo Contest: Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys sp.), Sri Lanka by Naren Gunasekera. |
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| Winner of the July 2011 E-Current Photo Contest: Longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) off the Kona coast, Hawaii by Brandi Mueller. |
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| Winner of the May 2011 E-Current Photo Contest: Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) in Laha, Ambon, Indonesia by Christopher J. Crowley |
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Winner of the March 2011 E-Current Photo Contest: Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus sp.) off Tulamben on the island of Bali, Indonesia, by Alex Varani |
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Winner of the January 2011 E-Current Photo Contest: Peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) in a vase sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis), by William Goodwin |
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Winner of the November 2010 E-Current Photo Contest: Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus), by Jason Spitz |
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Winner of the September 2010 E-Current Photo Contest: Geometric Moray Eel (Gymnothorax griseus), Gulf of Aqaba, by Tamsin Eyles |
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Winner of the July 2010 E-Current Photo Contest: Nudibranch (Chromodoris kuniei), Raja Ampat, Indonesia, by Norm Vexler |
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Winner of the May 2010 E-Current Photo Contest: Spine-Cheek Anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus), Wakatobi, Indonesia, by Matt Grace |
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Winner of the March 2010 E-Current Photo Contest: Xeniid soft coral, Anilau, Philippines by Dave Burdick |
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Winner of the January 2010 E-Current Photo Contest: Pair of Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus) near the Brother Islands in the Red Sea by Alessandro Donà |
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Winner of the November 2009 E-Current Photo Contest: Sharptail eels (Myricthys breviceps), by Dee Scarr |
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Winner of the September 2009 E-Current Photo Contest: Peacock Flounder (Bothus mancus), Talikud Island in the Philippines, by Tom Maebe |
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Winner of the July 2009 E-Current Photo Contest: Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus), Mexico, by Isabelle Gauthier |
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| Winner of the May 2009 E-Current Photo Contest: Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), Cayman Islands, by William Goodwin |
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| Winner of the March 2009 E-Current Photo Contest: Commensal wire coral shrimp (Pontonides unciger), Indonesia, by Lucy Wu |
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| Winner of the January 2009 E-Current Photo Contest: Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana), Grand Cayman Island, by Jeremy Ellis |
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| Sea stars (Fromia sp. and Linckia sp.), Indonesia, by Jeff Yonover |
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Enter the CORAL E-Current Photo Contest [88] to win a copy of Reef [89].
Read Jeff Yonover's Underwater Photography Tips [90].
Donate your underwater photos to CORAL's Photobank [91].
Links:
[1] http://www.coral.org/resources/photo_contest
[2] http://www.coral.org/what_you_can_do/reef
[3] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_may_1366x768.jpg
[4] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_may_1280x1024.jpg
[5] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_may_1024x768.jpg
[6] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_Apr_1366x768.jpg
[7] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_Apr_1280x1024.jpg
[8] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_Apr_1024x768.jpg
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[11] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/13_Jan_1024x768.jpg
[12] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Nov_1280x1054.jpg
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[15] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Sept_1280x1054.jpg
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[18] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_July_1280x1054.jpg
[19] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_July_1024x768.jpg
[20] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_July_800x600.jpg
[21] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_May_1280x1024.jpg
[22] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_May_1024x768.jpg
[23] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_May_800x600.jpg
[24] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Mar_1280x1024.jpg
[25] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Mar_1024x768.jpg
[26] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Mar_800x600.jpg
[27] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Jan_1280x1024.jpg
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[29] http://www.coral.org/files/images/wallpaper/12_Jan_800x600.jpg
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[88] http://www.coral.org/resources/photo_contest
[89] http://www.coral.org/what_you_can_do/reef
[90] http://www.coral.org/resources/photo_tips
[91] http://www.coral.org/resources/photo_bank