Photo of the Day 403

Reef Shrimp, Cuba, 2002

Photograph by David Doubilet

A tiny red shrimp plies the sandy sea bottom near the pristine coral reefs of Cuba. With the largest submerged shelf of all Caribbean islands, Cuba sustains astonishing marine biodiversity. Many reefs there remain nearly unscathed.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cuba Reefs: A Last Caribbean Refuge," February 2002, National Geographic magazine)