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Incredibly social, the birth of a new one is a special time to get together and say hi (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Imperial eagle | Statue of Christ
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
3 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch_February 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Hector's goby_December 2024 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Different color sea fans. Taken at a depth of about 40ft on a recent trip to Raja Ampat during Xmas 2024. Taken by a friend using an Olympus OM-D with 2 strobes.
By Fynn Wu
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

The colors of many Chromodorididae nudis are always striking and these species of Goniobranchus called kuniei is no exception.There are delicate nuances of complementary shades that help make it one of a kind_Jan 2025 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (3 days ago)
2 votes

green horse
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Dear photographer fellow divers, This is my 1000 photo that I am posting here, I hope you all enjoyed all that beauty. A happy new year and may we all continue to enjoy everything that lives underwater and take beautiful pictures of it.
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
0 votes

Pagurus pubescens hermit crab covered in little scyphystoma polyps (polyps which produce medusae)
By Anton Plaksin
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
0 votes

Adult escorts are usually but not always related to the calf. An Aunt, sister, cousin, grandmother, or even its mother. They all look after the new one. (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
0 votes
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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Geometric Moray by Victor Tabernero
Geometric Moray
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Super close up of ghost pipe fish taken at Redang Island.... by Adrian Schokman
Super close up of ghost pipe fish taken at Redang Island... Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens..
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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The curious look of a Blenny by Sven Tramaux
The curious look of a Blenny
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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A larval ribbon fish. An Oarfish maybe? by Joshua Lambus
A larval ribbon fish. An Oarfish maybe?
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A temperate shrimp attempts to clean a burnt cigarette butt by Cal Mero
A temperate shrimp attempts to clean a burnt cigarette butt
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Pipehorse (Acentronura dendritica) from the Cayman Island... by Jim Chambers
Pipehorse (Acentronura dendritica) from the Cayman Islands. This rare animal is a cousin to a seahorse. It was a great find.
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Juvenile Yellow Boxfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australi... by Ross Gudgeon
Juvenile Yellow Boxfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Canon 100 macro.
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Blue-ringed Octopus probably (Hapalochlaena lunulata) by Sven Tramaux
Blue-ringed Octopus probably (Hapalochlaena lunulata)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Seahorse, Sugar Pier by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse, Sugar Pier
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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eyes watching you by Michael Shope
eyes watching you
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Splendid Toadfish-Cozumel-Canon 5D 100 mm macro by Richard Goluch
Splendid Toadfish-Cozumel-Canon 5D 100 mm macro
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Longsnout Butterflyfish (Chaetodon aculeatus) on Little C... by Deborah Chambers
Longsnout Butterflyfish (Chaetodon aculeatus) on Little Cayman Island.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Squid shot taken during a night dive. Photo was taken rig... by Kay Burn Lim
Squid shot taken during a night dive. Photo was taken right before a jet of black ink was shot in my face and the squid took off.
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Gold-banded Butterflyfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Austra... by Ross Gudgeon
Gold-banded Butterflyfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Canon 100 macro
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Pelagic Octopus, swimming in 7000ft of water at night. by Joshua Lambus
Pelagic Octopus, swimming in 7000ft of water at night.
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Pederson Cleaner Shrimp on Anemone in Bonaire Nikon D70,... by Stuart Bailey
Pederson Cleaner Shrimp on Anemone in Bonaire
Nikon D70, Sea and Sea DX70 Housing, 60.0 mm
1/1600 s @f/36.0 ISO 1600
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Red sea anemonefish (Amphipiron bicinctus) taken with 180... by Stephan Kerkhofs
Red sea anemonefish (Amphipiron bicinctus) taken with 180mm no crop.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Spine-cheek Anemonefish by Robin Wilson
Spine-cheek Anemonefish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A larval Cusk Eel, or some other unidentified brotulotenia. by Joshua Lambus
A larval Cusk Eel, or some other unidentified brotulotenia.
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Dancing with fishes!! by Victor Tabernero
Dancing with fishes!!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Probably the cutest expression I have ever seen on a Mora... by Kay Burn Lim
Probably the cutest expression I have ever seen on a Moray Eel.
D300, 60mm AF-S macro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"Mating Dance" from the Maldives. by Henry Jager
"Mating Dance" from the Maldives.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Picture of Cow fish taken at night on the Inside Reef at ... by Michael Kovach
Picture of Cow fish taken at night on the Inside Reef at Lauderdale by the Sea
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Arabian Bluestriped Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis... by Brian Mayes
Arabian Bluestriped Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis)...¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Juvenile Silver Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Anilao. T... by Jim Chambers
Juvenile Silver Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Anilao. This species has many juvenile and sub-adult forms, which can make identification a bit tricky.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Glowing Squid (Night dive / strobe lit) D300, 60mm AF-S... by Kay Burn Lim
Glowing Squid (Night dive / strobe lit)
D300, 60mm AF-S Macro, 2x YS-110a
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
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date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cleaner wrasse at work on juvenile parrotfish. Ningaloo ... by Ross Gudgeon
Cleaner wrasse at work on juvenile parrotfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Canon 100 macro
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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