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Underwater Photo Contest | Topside (above water but marine related)

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shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment

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Grizzly having a lunch of mussels in the shell in tidal zone.
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The original hard hat divers. Dippers walk on stream bott... by Pierre Mineau
The original hard hat divers. Dippers walk on stream bottoms using their wings as hydrofoils to keep themselves 'weighted down'. They are able to pick aquatic invertebrates from under rocks etc...
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date posted posted: Monday, November 12, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Juvenile Double Crested Cormorant by Richard Goluch
Juvenile Double Crested Cormorant
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes United States
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Waikiki by Morgan Ashton
Waikiki
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Dolphin show on the way back in. by John Loving
Dolphin show on the way back in.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN SEA WORLD by Debra Cahill
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN SEA WORLD
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date posted posted: Friday, October 12, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Australia
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Marooned Baby seal far away from its colony. Most likely... by Peet J Van Eeden
Marooned
Baby seal far away from its colony. Most likely to rest before returning to the sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Glaucous-winged gull against Saturna Island cliff face, S... by Pierre Mineau
Glaucous-winged gull against Saturna Island cliff face, Salish sea.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Honduran fisherman on the waters off Roatan as storm app... by David Gilchrist
Honduran fisherman on the waters off Roatan as storm approaches.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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A humpback whale tail slapping on the Sardine Run 2018 by Gemma Dry
A humpback whale tail slapping on the Sardine Run 2018
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Blue Whale Tail as Fluke by Wayne Jones
Blue Whale Tail as Fluke
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date posted posted: Friday, August 17, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Bay of Bengal Sri Lanka
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Conditions on the west side of Point Abino proved to be r... by David Gilchrist
Conditions on the west side of Point Abino proved to be rough so couldn’t dive in a shallow wreck, but didn’t stop me from photographing this lovely Lighthouse.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Great Lakes Canada
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Penguin Splatter by Peet J Van Eeden
Penguin Splatter
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 9, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Rock Iguana taking a break from the surf in St. Thomas by Steve Dolan
Rock Iguana taking a break from the surf in St. Thomas
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 4, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Virgin Islands U.S.
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Rhapsody in Blue Lighthouse at Simon's Town by Peet J Van Eeden
Rhapsody in Blue
Lighthouse at Simon's Town
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 4, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Nursery Penguin colony at the Boulders, Cape Penin... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Nursery
Penguin colony at the Boulders, Cape Peninsula
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Humpback whale during sardine run 2018 by Peet J Van Eeden
Humpback whale during sardine run 2018
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 22, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Hermit Crab walking down the beach in the Berry Islands u... by Steve Dolan
Hermit Crab walking down the beach in the Berry Islands using Olympus TG-4
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 21, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Bahamas
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Missing Words Grey Seal (pup) - Halichoerus grypus ... by Stefan Follows
Missing Words
Grey Seal (pup) - Halichoerus grypus
Horsey, Norfolk, England
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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"Sunset Sunset" - Surfaced to this stunning sunset at Sun... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Sunset Sunset" - Surfaced to this stunning sunset at Sunset House! Hefting my macro kit with diopters half out of the water to get this shot was...interesting. I can almost feel my arms again. wink
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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ROUGH SEA by Marco Caraceni
ROUGH SEA
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date posted posted: Monday, July 9, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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The beginning of an amazing daylight dive around St Andre... by Griff Gainnie
The beginning of an amazing daylight dive around St Andrews jetties in PC Beach, Fl
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 8, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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A little blue heron harvesting a crayfish in the San Anto... by Robert Michaelson
A little blue heron harvesting a crayfish in the San Antonio River, San Antonio, TX
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date posted posted: Monday, June 25, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: United States
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HDR from surface by Ferdinando Meli
HDR from surface
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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TARONGA ZOO LIGHT SCULPTURE OF A WEEDY SEA DRAGON VIVID S... by Debra Cahill
TARONGA ZOO LIGHT SCULPTURE OF A WEEDY SEA DRAGON VIVID SYDNEY
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date posted posted: Monday, May 28, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Australia
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Hippo Kruger Park Africa by Debra Cahill
Hippo Kruger Park Africa
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date posted posted: Friday, May 11, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: South Africa
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3 Bottlenosed dolphin in the bow wave by Arun Madisetti
3 Bottlenosed dolphin in the bow wave
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2018
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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