Nemo :) - part of the wonderful collection “Striking World Of The Under Water Creatures” curated by Viral Blender. Clownfish and Bubble-Tipped Anemone Photograph by David Doubilet Bleached by high water temperatures, this bubble-tipped anemone is largely devoid of the algae that provide color as well as energy from photosynthesis. Though stressed, it will likely survive and continue to serve its clownfish. —Premnas biaculeatus (spine-cheek clownfish); Entacmaea quadricolor; Papua New Guinea See more photographs from the January 2010 National Geographic feature story “Beautiful Friendship”
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Nemo :) - part of the wonderful collection “Striking World Of The Under Water Creatures” curated by Viral Blender.

Clownfish and Bubble-Tipped Anemone

Photograph by David Doubilet

Bleached by high water temperatures, this bubble-tipped anemone is largely devoid of the algae that provide color as well as energy from photosynthesis. Though stressed, it will likely survive and continue to serve its clownfish. —Premnas biaculeatus (spine-cheek clownfish); Entacmaea quadricolor; Papua New Guinea
See more photographs from the January 2010 National Geographic feature story “Beautiful Friendship”