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Anemone textures by Larissa Roorda
Anemone textures
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Kissing Buda II. by Christian Vizl
Kissing Buda II.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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I found this Ornate Ghost Pipefish under a ledge in the d... by Nate Ewigman
I found this Ornate Ghost Pipefish under a ledge in the dark. The lighting comes from a torch and hit the fish in a breathtaking way - despite the illumination of the food he was eating. ISO: 200; f/6.5; Exp. 1/60 sec
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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"He Can't See Us If We Don't Move" - market squid (Loligo... by Terry Goss
"He Can't See Us If We Don't Move" - market squid (Loligo opalescens) at the Monterey Breakwater. Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, Sea & Sea YS90 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Last Dance" - mating market squid (Loligo opalescens), r... by Terry Goss
"Last Dance" - mating market squid (Loligo opalescens), right in front of the kids!, right before they die. Breakwater, Monterey, CA; Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, Sea & Sea YS90 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Detail of a starfish found at Ixtapa, Mexico. by Christian Vizl
Detail of a starfish found at Ixtapa, Mexico.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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"Little Stretch" - a small (baby?) Octopus vulgaris, at t... by Terry Goss
"Little Stretch" - a small (baby?) Octopus vulgaris, at the Monterey Breakwater, found after a long day with twelve Open Water students in bad vis.... Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, Sea & Sea YS90 strobes.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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This Giant Pacific Manta stops at a cleaning station to g... by David Valencia
This Giant Pacific Manta stops at a cleaning station to get cleaned by the bright orange Clarion Angelfish. You can see the parasites on the skin of the manta as well as the remora.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Something different. by Stuart Ganz
Something different.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Dancing away... A Dendronotus Iris swimming (fleeing) ab... by Cindy Dugger
Dancing away... A Dendronotus Iris swimming (fleeing) above the wreck of the Ruby-E. An amazing find.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Whale shark swimming circles around our boat one magical ... by David Valencia
Whale shark swimming circles around our boat one magical day.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2012
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Baitball action with silky sharks and yellowfin tuna. by David Valencia
Baitball action with silky sharks and yellowfin tuna.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This is where the whales roam. This image was taken off t... by Steven Anderson
This is where the whales roam. This image was taken off the coast of Maui.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Glowing on the reef. A spanish shawl nudibranch, common i... by Douglas Klug
Glowing on the reef. A spanish shawl nudibranch, common in california, can still make a brilliant image. Shot with a canon digital rebel and 60mm macro in an ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Better to go over than under.... :) Giant Sheep Crab han... by Matthew Fischbach
Better to go over than under.... smile Giant Sheep Crab hanging around inside a wreck...
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Whale shark swimming circles around roca partida, mex. by David Valencia
Whale shark swimming circles around roca partida, mex.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This friendly black manta played behind the boat for hour... by David Valencia
This friendly black manta played behind the boat for hours. It allowed everyone to jump in and have a play. He stayed on the surface the entire time.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Puffer against the colorful Hawaiian reef. by Stuart Ganz
Puffer against the colorful Hawaiian reef.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Family Outing" - lots of playful and inquisitive Califor... by Terry Goss
"Family Outing" - lots of playful and inquisitive California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) among the Channel Islands. Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, ambient light.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Contemplating the Rock" - me and my buddy Bob drift by t... by Terry Goss
"Contemplating the Rock" - me and my buddy Bob drift by the massive wall in an unnamed area of Beqa, scanning for critters; Nikon D70s in Ikelite, Nikkor 12-24mm, ambient light.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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This school of silky sharks stuck around roca partida for... by David Valencia
This school of silky sharks stuck around roca partida for at least three weeks. They came from the blue again and again. The school seemed to be largest in the mornings.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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These are false killer whales that frequent isla san bene... by David Valencia
These are false killer whales that frequent isla san benedicto. They can be very friendly and curious of divers. This day we ran into a huge aggregation of more than 200 individuals. Most were too busy to pay us any attention, but these two did.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This striped marlin and dolphin tag-teamed the bait until... by David Valencia
This striped marlin and dolphin tag-teamed the bait until it was no more. They didn't attack it like you would expect. They moved slow and deliberate, as if the bait knew they didn't have a chance.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This diver and I watched numerous sailfish and even strip... by David Valencia
This diver and I watched numerous sailfish and even striped marlin feed on this tiny baitball. In our experience, there is more action on the smaller baitballs.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Hanging around. Isla Socorro. D3 15mm by Mark Thomas
Hanging around.
Isla Socorro.
D3 15mm
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A great find in the Channel Islands, a horn shark (Hetero... by Terry Goss
A great find in the Channel Islands, a horn shark (Heterodontus francisci), one of the cutest of all sharks. Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, Sea & Sea YS90 strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A young white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) frolics in t... by Terry Goss
A young white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) frolics in the sunlight, of the coast of Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. Nikon D70s in Ikelite, Nikkor 12-24mm, Sea & Sea YS90 strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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