The Coral Crown - Diving into Raja Ampat

This place overwhelmed me. The colors, the life, the sheer density of it all — it felt like nature had turned the saturation all the way up.

Located in the heart of West Papua, Raja Ampat is a sensory overload. Schools of fish swirled like liquid architecture, sea fans stretched wider than my arms, and even the silence felt louder here. One moment I was hovering over soft coral gardens, the next I was trying to spot a camouflaged wobbegong shark hiding in plain sight.

I surfaced more than once with tears behind my mask — grateful, moved, and a little in disbelief that places like this still exist. Raja Ampat reminded me why I fell in love with underwater photography in the first place: to show what’s still out there… and worth protecting.

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