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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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Frozen smiles (Floating eggs of Silverfish -Pleuragramma ... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Frozen smiles (Floating eggs of Silverfish -Pleuragramma antarctica - under the Antarctic sea ice)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 12, 2017
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Floating eggs of Silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) und... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Floating eggs of Silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) under the Antarctic sea ice
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2017

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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 12, 2017
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Ready to race? (Emperor penguins on the sea ice) by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Ready to race? (Emperor penguins on the sea ice)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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Running on the frozen sea by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Running on the frozen sea
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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The emperor penguin family on the Antarctic sea ice (Ross... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
The emperor penguin family on the Antarctic sea ice (Ross Sea - Baia Terra Nova - Antarctica - PNRA- ISMAR-CNR)
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016

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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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The last Emperor by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
The last Emperor
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Reflected in a hole in the ice (Thetis Bay, Ross Sea, Anc... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Reflected in a hole in the ice (Thetis Bay, Ross Sea, Anctartica)
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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The "Emperor family" on sea-ice (Terranova bay, Ross Se... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
The "Emperor family" on sea-ice (Terranova bay, Ross Sea, Anctartica - PNRA- ISMAR-CNR)
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Snack on ice pack by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Snack on ice pack
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Reflections in the sea-ice hole (Antarctica) by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Reflections in the sea-ice hole (Antarctica)
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2014

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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Portrait of seal - Edmonson Point, Victoria Land, Antarctica by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Portrait of seal - Edmonson Point, Victoria Land, Antarctica
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Tenderness on the seaice - Edmonson Point, Victoria Land,... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Tenderness on the seaice - Edmonson Point, Victoria Land, Antarctica
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Yawn savage - Terra Nova Bay - Antarctica by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Yawn savage - Terra Nova Bay - Antarctica
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Dinner on the sea ice - Cape Washington, Antarctica T... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Dinner on the sea ice - Cape Washington, Antarctica
The dinner on the sea ice
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Walking on sea ice - Terra Nova Bay - Antarctica by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Walking on sea ice - Terra Nova Bay - Antarctica
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 20, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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The breaking of the pack in the Terra Nova Bay - Antarctica by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
The breaking of the pack in the Terra Nova Bay - Antarctica
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 20, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Visiting the ice country by Jm Leuba
Visiting the ice country
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Weddel Sea Antarctica
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Pygoscelis papua by Jm Leuba
Pygoscelis papua
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Weddel Sea Antarctica
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A mother and her chic Taken with a Canon 40d by Richard Alvarado
A mother and her chic
Taken with a Canon 40d
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 3, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Amundsen Sea Antarctica
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Natural light through an iceberg. Taken with a Canon EOS... by Richard Alvarado
Natural light through an iceberg. Taken with a Canon EOS 40d while on snorkle.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Amundsen Sea Antarctica
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thinking man or picking your nose.... hmmmm by Andrew Macleod
thinking man or picking your nose.... hmmmm
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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So you don't think it is cold? Self portrait... me with c... by Andrew Macleod
So you don't think it is cold? Self portrait... me with camera balanced on a rock.... you try running in a dry suit!!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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A snooze in the sun on a nice warm antarctic day... take ... by Andrew Macleod
A snooze in the sun on a nice warm antarctic day... take that climate change skeptics!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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A large crinoid, Promachocrinus kerguelensis; fairly comm... by David Cothran
A large crinoid, Promachocrinus kerguelensis; fairly common around the Antarctic Peninsula. This individual is about 80cm (32in) across, swimming with a beautiful coordinated motion of its arms.
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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whales in the snow. Canon 450D by Andrew Macleod
whales in the snow. Canon 450D
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Editor's Comment
Andrew got Topside Gold last year for an Arctic shot. Here's another hottie!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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no dust, no pollution and crystal clear sky... by Andrew Macleod
no dust, no pollution and crystal clear sky...
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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Seals are the marine life.... by Andrew Macleod
Seals are the marine life....
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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