MAGIC IN THE MUCK: HIDDEN IN LEMBEH'S SILT, A PSYCHEDELIC REALM OF WEIRD & WONDERFUL CRITTERS

The Lembeh Strait is regarded by many as the best place on earth to see critters - those tiny psychedelic denizens of the muck that so delight and fascinate divers. Many of them are endemic to this relatively tiny ecosystem and can be found nowhere else in the world. Novice divers seeing Lembeh for the first time might wonder what all the fuss is about as they encounter a featureless expanse of dark silt. But hidden in the sand is a macro world inhabited by improbable creatures like the Flamboyant Cuttlefish, which scuttles along the seabed like a tiny triceratops, bands of colour rippling across its back as though on a digital screen. Or the Mid Ring Blue Ring Octopus with its electric blue markings - one of the most venomous creatures on the planet. Accomplished photographer and underwater filmmaker captured these gorgeous images of some of Lembeh's remarkable residents.