Young wildlife photographer of the year and 11-14 years winner: Night Glow by Cruz Erdmann. Erdmann was on an organised night dive in the Lembeh strait off North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was here where he encountered the pair of bigfin reef squid. They were engaged in courtship, involving a glowing, fast‑changing communication of lines, spots and stripes of varying shades and colours. One immediately jetted away, but the other – probably the male – hovered just long enough for Cruz to capture one instant of its glowing underwater show. (Photo by Cruz Erdmann/2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year)
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