Samarangersee

Aquanaut

Fairy Tale Lake

Famous memorial in lake Samarangersee

Samarangersee

Crystal Lake

Lonely elephant bull wading the okavango delta for grass during the dry season

Freshwater spring in the mountains

Samarangersee

Crystal clear mountain lake

Mermaid in the mountain lake

Underwaterforest

Samaranger Lake

Diving in crystal clear water in a freshwater spring

Mountain Lake in Austria
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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

Cenote Nohoch Nachich in Mexico. Crystal clear, year round 24 degrees C.
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The entrance of a cave in Mexico seen from inside the cave. The cave where this picture is taken is called Nohoch Na Chich

Wooden stairs at 45m in the fresh lake of Hemmoor.
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Cenot Angelita Mexico

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.

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

Entrance of a cave in Mexico. The cenotes in Mexico are really clear.

The famous entrance of Cenote Carwash in Mexico. The picture is taken from inside the cave.

Water lilies in one of the many cenotes in the Yucatan peninsula.

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.

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.