A threespot damselfish swims near a trio of pink anemonefish in Papua New Guinea’s Kimbe Bay.<br> <a href="http://www.daviddoubilet.com/"><br> daviddoubilet.com</a>
A threespot damselfish swims near a trio of pink anemonefish in Papua New Guinea’s Kimbe Bay.

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Paradise Revisited

Seventeen years ago photographer David Doubilet was enchanted by a Pacific reef. He recently returned to see if that magical—and fragile—place has endured.

This story appears in the November 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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