Underwater Photo Location: Kona, Big Island of Hawaii

by Steven Daniel
Ornate Butterfly Fish

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by Mark Hoevenaars
Sea Butterfly, taken 3 miles off the coast of Kona, in 6,000 feet of water.

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by Mark Hoevenaars
Blackwater dive off Kona, HI in 6,000 feet of water. Unknown species. Please message me if you know what this is, but it appears to be some type of juvenile box fish.

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by Mark Hoevenaars
Fisher's Seahorse - hippocampus fisheri Rare, elusive, pelagic, nocturnal seahorse endemic to Hawai'i, found in 1,000-6,000 feet of water. Taken on blackwater dive off the coast of Kona, HI in 6,000 feet of water.

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by Mark Hoevenaars
Juvenile Box Fish on blackwater dive in 6,000 feet of water off the coast of Kona, Hawai'i.

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by Mark Hoevenaars
A tiny pelagic shrimp (not sure of species) struggles through the viscous water 3 miles off the coast of Kona during a blackwater night dive.

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by Mark Hoevenaars
A manta ray glides by in the dark waters off the coast of Kona.

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by Kevin Robert Panizza
Diver in Kona Hawaii

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by Kevin Robert Panizza
School of Convict Tang on a Hawaiian Reef Canon 5D MK II, 15mm Fisheye,Ikelite Housing,two DS-161 Strobes

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by Ken Thiessen
Juvenile Frogfish

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by Ken Thiessen
Cowrie with mantle out in Three room cave, Kona Coast

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by Ken Thiessen
Blue Dragon

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by Kandace Heimer
I shot the manta ray on the Kona Night Manta dive. I shot the background at the Ghost Ranch outside of Santa Fe, NM, then I built the planet, stars and comet in Photoshop.

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by Olivier Notz
Night snorkeling with Mantas - a special experience...

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by Robert Fleckenstein
After my strobe flooded I was left shooting the rest of the roll without artificial light. Found this Star Fish and took a shot. Taken along the most wonderful Kona side of "the Big Island" Hawaii. Nikonos V, 15 mm, and Kodak 100 film.

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by Ellen Cuylaerts
"Eye to eye...stand winners & losers hurt by envy, cut by greed" (Propaganda '85) None of those feelings underwater...just eye to eye

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by Ellen Cuylaerts
"Acceptance" Spinner dolphins in Kona, Hawaii

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by Conor Culver
"Open Air Playground" part of my Underwater Surrealism series. A reference to how spinner dolphins jump and spin through the air

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by Conor Culver
"Grasslands For Cover" part of my Underwater Surrealism series

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by Conor Culver
"Flounder Desert" part of my Underwater Surrealism series. This image is referencing the animals habitat in the ocean in sandy areas and placed into The Great Sand Dunes of Colorado

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by Ellen Cuylaerts
'I had a dream'

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by Andrea Rice
Fish Forray~ Taken on a dive in Kona, Hawaii

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