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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 Yesterday
3 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted Yesterday
1 votes
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18 Entries Found
,,Mountain lake,, in the heart of Austria by Martin Schrack
,,Mountain lake,, in the heart of Austria
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 26, 2024
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: African Lakes Austria
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not one of my best, but hey, Lake Malawi! by Andrew Macleod
not one of my best, but hey, Lake Malawi!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 15, 2018
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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Freshwater crab in Lake Malawi. by Andrew Macleod
Freshwater crab in Lake Malawi.
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 14, 2018
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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Not one of my best photos, but an unusual dive site! by Andrew Macleod
Not one of my best photos, but an unusual dive site!
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 13, 2018
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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Lake Malawi! A couple of under photos to follow. by Andrew Macleod
Lake Malawi! A couple of under photos to follow.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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Hippo in the Okavango Delta by John Loving
Hippo in the Okavango Delta
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 28, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes Botswana
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Hiking in the Cederberg by Collen Burrows
Hiking in the Cederberg
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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Hippo by Doris Vierkötter
Hippo
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 29, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes Uganda
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Shot of a notoriously difficult to photograph mouthbreede... by Aaron Gekoski
Shot of a notoriously difficult to photograph mouthbreeder, in 'mid-suck'. Malawi's mouthbreeders rear their babies in their mouths until they're fit to fend for themselves. It took me four months to get this shot!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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As wide as it gets by Yonatan Nir
As wide as it gets
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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Hippos sleeping at the sun near the river in Kruger Park by Alberto Romeo
Hippos sleeping at the sun near the river in Kruger Park
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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Hippo swiming in a little lake in Kruger Park South Africa by Alberto Romeo
Hippo swiming in a little lake in Kruger Park South Africa
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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A beautiful little lake in Kruger Parck by Alberto Romeo
A beautiful little lake in Kruger Parck
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 8, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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As the sunrises, life wakes up along the western shores o... by Patrick Ford
As the sunrises, life wakes up along the western shores of Lake Malawi at Senga Bay, with fishermen unloading their catches and woman carrying water on her head and child walking alongside
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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2 fishermen were putting out a net on Lake Malawi near th... by Patrick Ford
2 fishermen were putting out a net on Lake Malawi near the village of Cape Maclear at the southern end of the lake. An egret flew over just by chance, as the evening sun put a lovely yellow glow over the water.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: African Lakes Malawi
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Canyon of river in 'Mpumalanga. by Alberto Romeo
Canyon of river in 'Mpumalanga.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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Sleeping crocodile in Kruger Park by Alberto Romeo
Sleeping crocodile in Kruger Park
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 21, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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Sleeping hippo in Krugher park. by Alberto Romeo
Sleeping hippo in Krugher park.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: African Lakes South Africa
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