Mooring line on the Konanda Wreck.

another jelly day, snorkeling off the coast of Phuket...
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There is a thermocline on the RHS. It gets deeper on the left side as you can see from the blue color.
The sea is almost flat, just some ripples which creates a nice wavy reflection of the stones at the surface of the water

Spawning coral

Reef Claudia, St. Johns Reefs System

Doogtooth tuna @ LayangLayang, Malaysia.
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2 giant mantas swimming in Koh Bon

Catching Up

Lake Lygnstøylsvatnet, Norway. I 1908, a rockslide closed off the valley and it was flooded by the river. Some of the rocks are huge! This one must be older than the landslide though; it has trees growing on it ;-)

The Cave, Red Sea, Egypt.
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Silky shark in sunbeams, Tokina 10-17mm FE

I have always dreamed of diving with a large school of barracuda and on my last hol to Sudan I got the chance on a number of occaisions. It deffo lived up to expectations !!
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Raggi del sole - Nikonos III UW 15mm.

squid in Thailand are so shy! I was very surprised when this one let me get so close...

"Incontro in controluce" -Nikonos III UW 15 mm.

Flying turtle on a depth of 5-6 meters .

I love snorkelling close to the reef where, without dive gear, it's possible to be really manoeuverable to get great natural light shots that show the array of colours. Picture is a Clown Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus).

Bow of Fujikawa Maru.
Taken in Truk lagoon on last day of hol with canon ixus 980 and fisheye lens. A lot of people think that this is taken with strobes...but it's not. Just manual white balance.

Palancar Reef Cozumel, Mexico

Whip Coral curling into clear open water, Nikonos V 28mm lense

Although very common, there is a distinct beauty to the Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) that is worthy of observation.

"The Hard Stuff" - in more ways than one!!

risking to become boring, YET jelly fish is almost an obsession!!!

Ctenophora

Trunkfish

Sun on the reef

jelly is the WORD!!!