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4058 Entries Found: Page 3  of  151
shots taken bodies of water with no salt e.g. in lakes, streams, pools, rivers i.e NOT the Sea!
Crystal clear mountain lake by Michael Baukloh
Crystal clear mountain lake
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 30, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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Mermaid in the mountain lake by Michael Baukloh
Mermaid in the mountain lake
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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Underwaterforest by Michael Baukloh
Underwaterforest
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Austria
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Samaranger Lake by Michael Baukloh
Samaranger Lake
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Austria
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Diving in crystal clear water in a freshwater spring by Michael Baukloh
Diving in crystal clear water in a freshwater spring
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date posted posted: Monday, July 24, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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Mountain Lake in Austria by Michael Baukloh
Mountain Lake in Austria
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 23, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Austria
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Faces from the bottom. Belgian freshwater dive sites ofte... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Faces from the bottom. Belgian freshwater dive sites often contain objects to make the dives more interesting, like these two stone faces in Ekeren. (f/16, 1/80, ISO-2500, 16mm). - Erik
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 25, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Belgium
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Cenote Nohoch Nachich in Mexico. Crystal clear, year roun... by Brenda De Vries
Cenote Nohoch Nachich in Mexico. Crystal clear, year round 24 degrees C.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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The entrance of a cave in Mexico seen from inside the cav... by Brenda De Vries
The entrance of a cave in Mexico seen from inside the cave. The cave where this picture is taken is called Nohoch Na Chich
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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Wooden stairs at 45m in the fresh lake of Hemmoor. by Brenda De Vries
Wooden stairs at 45m in the fresh lake of Hemmoor.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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Cenot Angelita Mexico by Tomas Melicharek
Cenot Angelita Mexico
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 21, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Mating tench. The nice fish with the orange eye. Normally... by Brenda De Vries
Mating tench. The nice fish with the orange eye. Normally extremely shy. But when mating you can see them when you are lucky. I used a rebreather to take this picture.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 15, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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A blind cave fish and 2 cichliden in a cave in Mexico. Th... by Brenda De Vries
A blind cave fish and 2 cichliden in a cave in Mexico. The blind cavefish is quite rare, and the cichliden follow divers with their lights inside the cave. The blind fish did not survive the attack. Maybe not the best picture, but it tells a story
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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Entrance of a cave in Mexico. The cenotes in Mexico are r... by Brenda De Vries
Entrance of a cave in Mexico. The cenotes in Mexico are really clear.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 1, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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The famous entrance of Cenote Carwash in Mexico. The pict... by Brenda De Vries
The famous entrance of Cenote Carwash in Mexico. The picture is taken from inside the cave.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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Water lilies in one of the many cenotes in the Yucatan pe... by Ramon Magana
Water lilies in one of the many cenotes in the Yucatan peninsula.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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A very special picture of red-eyed damselflies under wate... by Brenda De Vries
A very special picture of red-eyed damselflies under water. This couple is putting their eggs underwater. The silver color is due to small air bubbles to 'breathe' under water.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 17, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Only in cenote Zapote in Mexico these kind of speleothems... by Brenda De Vries
Only in cenote Zapote in Mexico these kind of speleothems can be found. These bells are really strange and still grow under water where normal stalactites only can grow in dry areas.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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Speleothem with diver in the background in the cenote Dos... by Brenda De Vries
Speleothem with diver in the background in the cenote Dos Palmas in Mexico. The caves in Mexico are the best ones in the world.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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The toad migration in the Netherlands. This phenomena onl... by Brenda De Vries
The toad migration in the Netherlands. This phenomena only lasts a few days. The toads are looking for a place to drop their eggs.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 3, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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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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Esox lucius (nothern pike) in its environment at Ekeren. ... by E&e Lp
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Esox lucius (nothern pike) in its environment at Ekeren. (f/9, 1/160, ISO-640, 18mm). - Erik
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 12, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Belgium
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A white Cyprinus carpio (common carp) in a lake at Ekeren... by E&e Lp
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A white Cyprinus carpio (common carp) in a lake at Ekeren. (f/22, 1/160, ISO-3200, 50mm). - Erik
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Belgium
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Fresh water nudibranch in the Netherlands. Not as colorfu... by Brenda De Vries
Fresh water nudibranch in the Netherlands. Not as colorfull as in salt water in the tropics, but even a very beautifull creature.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Ponte dei Salti by Michael Baukloh
Ponte dei Salti
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Switzerland
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Verzasca by Michael Baukloh
Verzasca
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Switzerland
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