Last Sunday my daugheter decided to visit the underwater Archeological Marine Park of Baia – Naples, Italy.
The archeological sites are unique, the ancient villas of the Romans patricias, the villa of Emperour Claudio , are breaththaking.

Slate Mine Nuttlar

while cave diving with my daughter I took this close shot

Last Stop
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Schiefergrube Christine, an old slate mine in Germany. Always clear water.

the terror of verde island

Diving of Rottnest, buddy wanted a shot for her instagram account…

Cave with crystal clear water in France. You need a permit to dive there.

Old slate mine in Germany, diving in a museum.
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Freediver

The red color not only disappears with the depth, it also disappears horizontal if you have a lot of viz in the water. This makes that caves looks really bleu.

Icediving on the Gotthardpass. Over 2100m height.

Diver in Messinghausen

This small cave with clear water has some restrictions where you have to pass. This is 1 of them. You see the strength of water on the rocks.

The slate mine 'Christine' has always crystal clear water. This time we went to the 'Abbauten', the 'rooms' higher in the mine that don't have rails for a minetrain.
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Diver in the Slate Mine in Nuttlar / Germany

In caves is never natural light, so the photographer has to bring all the light for the pictures. The usage of extra slave strobes brings more depth in the picture.

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With a permit you can dive this cave in Chatillon-sur-Seine. It is a nice cave with always crystal clear water. But sometimes a lot of current.
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Some sponges and corals on Bonaire.

Jail House freshwater section, really dark and big environments that needs a lot of light to be shown... here a shot with 5x30000 lumen lamps + 2x 15000 lumens + 3 strobes.
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Picture taken in de Köbanya mine in Budapest. This 'mine' is not a real mine, but was a wine cellar. Now parts are flooded and you can dive.

This picture is taken in the 'Möllerbunker' in Germany, it is an old steelbunker. So it is not mine, no wreck, but it still is old iron and dark and narrow.

Old slate mine in Willingen, Germany. This is the room where the explosives were stored.

Playing with light effects into Bue Marino cave, Sardinia, Italy
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