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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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Puffershark by Pieter Firlefyn
Puffershark
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 3, 2024
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Follow the leader by Peet J Van Eeden
Follow the leader
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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The color purple created by soft coral by Peet J Van Eeden
The color purple created by soft coral
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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funnel shape coral by Peet J Van Eeden
funnel shape coral
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Welcome to my world by Peet J Van Eeden
Welcome to my world
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 4, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Collector Basket stars are Echinoderms (hedgehog t... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Collector
Basket stars are Echinoderms (hedgehog type of skin) and are characterised by radial symmetry, ten arms radiating from a central body. They use these outstretched arms like a basket to catch drifting food particles
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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sevengill shark by Pieter Firlefyn
sevengill shark
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Cape fur seal by Pieter Firlefyn
Cape fur seal
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 22, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Color Purple by Peet J Van Eeden
The Color Purple
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 13, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Pristine and rich marine life of the Cape Peninsula by Peet J Van Eeden
The Pristine and rich marine life of the Cape Peninsula
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 30, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Blue shark - offshore Cape Point by Pieter Firlefyn
Blue shark - offshore Cape Point
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 28, 2023
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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"Angry" Just a cool image of an oceanic black tip shark. by Allen Walker
"Angry"
Just a cool image of an oceanic black tip shark.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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The Rockpool by Peet J Van Eeden
The Rockpool
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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A short beautiful life The water lilies attract variou... by Peet J Van Eeden
A short beautiful life
The water lilies attract various pollinating insects within their 4 days lifespan. They draw back underwater, the seeds ripen, float along streams, and finally sink into the mud where they germinate to begin a new life cy...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: South Africa
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The look and the grin Nile Crocodile in a small fresh wa... by Peet J Van Eeden
The look and the grin
Nile Crocodile in a small fresh water stream
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 13, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: South Africa
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copper shark by Pieter Firlefyn
copper shark
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 6, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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"My World” Great to be back on the water photographing t... by Allen Walker
"My World”
Great to be back on the water photographing these ladies!
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2023
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"Split Shot 😉😉😉" by Allen Walker
"Split Shot 😉😉😉"
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2023
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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The Hide Away Silvertip nudibranch taking shelter unde... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Hide Away
Silvertip nudibranch taking shelter underneath a false plume sea-anemone
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Proud parent and off-springs. Sea anemones can reproduce... by Peet J Van Eeden
Proud parent and off-springs. Sea anemones can reproduce normally but can also clone asexually
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 3, 2023
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Breaking waves over a carpet of colorful sandy anemones i... by Peet J Van Eeden
Breaking waves over a carpet of colorful sandy anemones in the intertidal zone
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Find the hide-away octopus by Peet J Van Eeden
Find the hide-away octopus
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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A carpet of square-mouth striped anemones by Peet J Van Eeden
A carpet of square-mouth striped anemones
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Baby Basket Star by Peet J Van Eeden
Baby Basket Star
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Circle of Life Gas flame Nudibranchs paring up for r... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Circle of Life
Gas flame Nudibranchs paring up for reproduction
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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A huge loggerhead popping in to say hi, this guy was supe... by Allen Walker
A huge loggerhead popping in to say hi, this guy was super curious and followed by hundreds of bait fish.
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Breaking waves filling a rockpool in the ongoing cycle of... by Peet J Van Eeden
Breaking waves filling a rockpool in the ongoing cycle of low and high tide
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 20, 2023
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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