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Sea of Marmara, 160
Thracian Sea, 2
Tyrrhenian Sea, 2656
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Pacific, 9685
Arafura Sea, 28
Bali Sea, 5300
Banda Sea, 1766
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Bohol Sea, 799
Camotes Sea, 23
Celebes Sea, 4102
Ceram Sea, 179
Chilean Sea, 48
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Dominican Republic, 104
East Timor, 184
Ecuador, 588
Egypt, 10043
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Eritrea, 2
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Faroe islands, 4
Fiji, 600
Finland, 56
France, 1066
French Guiana, 9
French Polynesia, 448
French Southern Territories, 1
Germany, 831
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Gibraltar, 2
Greece, 330
Greenland, 7
Grenada, 130
Guadeloupe, 114
Guam, 244
Guatemala, 4
Guinea, 1
Guinea-Bissau, 1
Haiti, 2
Honduras, 1193
Hong Kong, 39
Hungary, 11
Iceland, 44
India, 163
Indonesia, 18893
Iran (Islamic Republic of), 38
Iraq, 3
Ireland, 270
Israel, 542
Italy, 4930
Jamaica, 44
Japan, 256
Jordan, 163
Kazakhstan, 19
Kenya, 14
Korea, Democratic Peoples's Republic, 1
Korea, Republic of, 114
Kuwait, 1
Latvia, 8
Liberia, 1
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 4
Lithuania, 37
Luxembourg, 26
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Madagascar, 89
Malawi, 9
Malaysia, 2975
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Mali, 4
Malta, 503
Marshall Islands, 50
Martinique, 40
Mauritius, 303
Mayotte, 47
Mexico, 4907
Micronesia, 690
Monaco, 2
Montserrat, 3
Morocco, 4
Mozambique, 467
Myanmar (Burma), 86
Nambia, 11
Netherlands, 926
Netherlands Antilles, 2410
New Caledonia, 68
New Zealand, 235
Nicaragua, 8
Nigeria, 4
Niue, 9
Norfolk Island, 1
Northern Mariana Islands, 265
Norway, 583
Oman, 244
Pakistan, 6
Palau, 483
Palestine Territory, occupied, 24
Panama, 62
Papua New Guinea, 713
Peru, 25
Philippines, 12241
Pitcairn, 2
Poland, 97
Portugal, 859
Puerto Rico, 1905
Qatar, 144
Reunion, 95
Romania, 22
Russia, 253
Saint Helena, 11
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 62
Saint Lucia, 242
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 199
Samoa, 5
Sao Tome and Principe, 7
Saudi Arabia, 219
Senegal, 1
Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia), 13
Seychelles, 194
Singapore, 78
Slovakia (Slovak Republic), 50
Slovenia, 55
Solomon islands, 293
South Africa, 2924
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Spain, 1850
Sri Lanka, 186
Sudan, 385
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, 1
Swaziland, 1
Sweden, 160
Switzerland, 1394
Syrian Arab Republic, 7
Taiwan, 703
Tanzania, 152
Thailand, 2277
Togo, 1
Tonga, 104
Trinidad and Tobago, 41
Tunisia, 8
Turkey, 2113
Turks and Caicos islands, 247
Tuvalu, 1
Uganda, 3
Ukraine, 910
United Arab Emirates, 403
United Kingdom, 2117
United States, 7376
Uruguay, 1
Vanuatu, 138
Venezuela, 57
Vietnam, 202
Virgin Islands (British), 205
Virgin Islands U.S., 301
Zambia, 1
Zimbabwe, 1
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Peoples' Vote
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Marcus Culley
posted Tuesday, November 22, 2011
41 votes
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Marcus Culley
posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011
37 votes
By
Marcus Culley
posted Sunday, June 19, 2011
37 votes
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posted Tuesday, March 8, 2011
36 votes
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posted Sunday, February 27, 2011
34 votes
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posted Tuesday, March 8, 2011
31 votes
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posted Monday, March 14, 2011
30 votes
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posted Tuesday, March 22, 2011
29 votes
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posted Tuesday, November 15, 2011
26 votes
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posted Wednesday, March 2, 2011
25 votes
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25 Entries Found
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Imperial Carrier. No cucumbers were harmed during shooting. Taci Tolu, Dili on a combination guided dugon/macro dive with Freeflow.
21 Votes
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posted:
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Don't come diving in Timor-leste, there are too many seahorses! Yet another arrogant hysterix, caught red handed full frontal immediately prior to bailing. Yeah baby!
41 Votes
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
Banda Sea
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You can never have too many eye shots of seahorses! Yet another Hysterix, courtesy of Freeflow Diving Timor-Leste. Full frame - no crop.
24 Votes
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
category:
Macro - Super macro
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Yet another Nudi courtesy of Freeflow Timor-Leste at Taci Tolu.
16 Votes
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
category:
Macro - Super macro
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Shrimp snapped west of Milo's Reef, Dili.
11 Votes
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
category:
Macro - Super macro
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Flatworm on the move at Dili Rock.
26 Votes
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
category:
Macro - Super macro
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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38 Minute Garden Eel - Taci Tolu, near Dili!
11 Votes
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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Macro - Super macro
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Eye of an Ornate Ghost Pipe Fish - full frame - no crop. Taci Tolu west of Dili, during a guided dive with Free Flow.
10 Votes
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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Macro - Super macro
location:
Banda Sea
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Was asked for a couple more full frame no crop shots of the Taci Tolu Hysterix...
15 Votes
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Monday, July 4, 2011
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Atauro Fisherman 'Zeaco' - Taci Tolo in Timor-Leste, surveying Milo's Reef prior to a quick patrol. The goggles are home made out of glass, wood, road tar and recycled inner tube.
13 Votes
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Monday, June 20, 2011
category:
Topside (above water but marine related)
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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This Atauro Spearo made an appearance on our safety stop at 'Milo's Reef', Taci Tolu in Timor-leste. These guys regulary dive to 18 meters without fins. If you look closely he is smiling!
8 Votes
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
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Wide Angle - Divers
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Nose on shot of a normally shy Hysterix shelting behind the camera in strong current at Taci Tolu, Dili Timor-Leste.
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37 Votes
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
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location:
Banda Sea
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The much maligned Phyllidia Ocellata. Hanging at the safety stop at Bob's Rock.
7 Votes
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Mantis Shrimp on speed at dusk in front of the house in Taci Tolu, Dili.
12 Votes
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
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Oral tenticles revealed by a very shallow Chromodoris Michaeli. Bob's Rock east of Dili on a Special Nudi Mission with FreeFlow Diving Timor-Leste.
29 Votes
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
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Chromodoris Leopardus snooted and on the run at K41.
8 Votes
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Spotted by Adam (Freeflow Diving). An alert and wise looking Hysterix snapped with a Cannon S90 at Taci Tolu last weekend. Blue Finned Trevally feeding in the area at the time - fortunately Hysterix made it through unscathed!
Shortlisted!
30 Votes
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Monday, March 14, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
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Extreme Cannon S90 snoot assisted close-up shot of a Nembrotha Kubaryana Bergh Rhinofore, Lone Tree Timor-Leste.
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36 Votes
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
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Dermatobranchus Ornatus passport photo - 18m at Marble Rock, prophesized prior to and spotted by Wayne Lovell during a F-FDTL SNM (Freeflow Diving Timor-Leste Special Nudi Mission). Cannon S90.
Shortlisted!
31 Votes
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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location:
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Atromarginata rhinofore snapped at Bob's Rock.
18 Votes
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
Banda Sea
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Kuniei on the run at Bob's Rock.
25 Votes
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
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Robust Ghost Pipe Fish hovering on the western side of K41 in Timor-Leste at 8m immediately prior to charging the diver!
21 Votes
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
category:
Macro - swimming
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Hippocampus Hystrix snapped at Taci Tolu, Dili, Timor-Leste. Taci Tolu is probably the most famous macro site in Timor, with seahorses, nudi's and a plethora of other characters such as Rhinopius being guaranteed.
34 Votes
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
category:
Macro - swimming
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Risbecia Trione found at K41, Timor-Leste's most iconic dive sight. Depth was 8m and the shot was taken on a guided super-macro dive workshop with Freeflow.
21 Votes
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Banda Sea
East Timor
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Imperial Shrimp between the horns of a Magnifica at Marble Rock.
37 Votes
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Macro - Close-Up
location:
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