This story appears in the November 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. There is a kingdom of coral in the principality of the Pacific Ocean called Kimbe Bay. “It is a world,” says ...

Reef Madness The Pacific reef at Kimbe Bay seemed like paradise to photographer ... Daniel Stone A: The fish were remarkable. They would quickly change color from silver to blood orange to red ...

even ones frequented by large human populations. Experts call them "bright spots," like this one in Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea ...