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Breathtaking encounter with a humpback whale mother and its calf.

Each year  a population of humpback whales  living in the antarctic  migrates north towards the equator along the coast of Mozambique. Warmer waters are more favorable for mating...
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A humpback whale mother and her calf. Each year a group of humpback whales migrates along the coast of Mozambique
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Underwater Photo Location: Portofino sanctuary

Underwater Photo Location: Portofino sanctuary

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A great mediterranean dive!
Facts about Portofino sanctuary




by Daniel Strub
A jellyfish can be so beautifull :-)

by Daniel Strub
Need some teeth cleaning?

by Daniel Strub
Hypselodoris elegans - a beatifull nudibranch. Quite a lot of them are found around the Portofini sanctuary.

by Daniel Strub
Picture taken during a dive in the Portofino Sanctuary. It's an egg of a Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris ) bound to a red gorgonia. During that dive (La Torre) we dove through a canyon where every second gorgonia had an egg on it. Was amazing :-))

by Christophe Warpelin
Muraena Helena et sa crevette - Portofino

by Christophe Warpelin
Blennie de Roux @ Portofino - (Parablennius rouxi)

by Fabrizio Bianchi
Parco marino di Portofino, secca Carega Saraghi

by Christophe Warpelin
Sea Slug @ St.Margherita Ligure (Discodoris atromaculata)

by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Mediterranean young red scorpionfish
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