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Dive guide Wally Siagian not only kept Kal out of trouble while he was researching the Bali section of this book, but also provided detailed sketch maps of the Bali and Banda Islands sites, and to this edition, several photographs. Wally, who has an instinct for finding underwater life that is second to none, also pioneered all the best sites around Komodo Island.

Helmut Debelius, founder of the IKAN agency, provided us with his own photographs, as well as those of agency photographers Ed Robinson, Jan Post and Lionel Pozzoli. Helmut also provided a nice anecdote about discovering the beautiful reef lobster that now bears his name.

Photographer Mike Severns, who runs a dive operation in Maui with his wife, marine biologist Pauline Fiene-Severns, provided us with some of his very fine work from North Sulawesi. Mike's most recent book of photographs, Sulawesi Seas, co-authored with Pauline, has garnered widespread praise from both journalists and fellow professionals.

Rudie Kuiter is an experienced underwater photographer and the author of one of the best fish identification guides to the region: Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific. Rudie provided an essay on discovering new species and a series of very interesting photographs.