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Inside the Heian Maru – A WWII Time Capsule Beneath the Waves ⚓📸 Exploring inside the Heian Maru in Chuuk Lagoon feels like stepping into history itself. Once an elegant passenger liner, later converted into a Japanese submarine tender during ...
By Christian Llewellyn
posted (6 days ago)
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Exploring Truk Lagoon feels like stepping into history itself. Emily Flying Boat with its four engines and wings still outstretched, the Emily sits as if waiting for its final mission.
By Christian Llewellyn
posted (6 days ago)
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Diving the USS Kittiwake – A Submerged Treasure in Grand Cayman.
By Christian Llewellyn
posted (6 days ago)
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Parablennius rouxi_August 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f9,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
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Passage in Ressel - France
By Andy Kutsch
posted (2 days ago)
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Passage in Ressel - France
By Andy Kutsch
posted (2 days ago)
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shots taken with a WIDE ANGLE (or fisheye) lens having 1) a well defined close subject (usually strobe-lit) AND 2) a wide angle BACKGROUND with a second subject, usually a diver
Screaming turtle by Joachim Neumann
Screaming turtle
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Spinner Dolphins, Big Island, Hawaii by Alison Ranheim
Spinner Dolphins, Big Island, Hawaii
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Dirty" - Pufferfish by Joachim Neumann
"Dirty" - Pufferfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Surgeonfish by Joachim Neumann
Surgeonfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Natural predation of a Humpback Whale carcass by sharks i... by Allen Walker
Natural predation of a Humpback Whale carcass by sharks including some Great Whites of the coast of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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'Crab Hair Day' - diver looking at an arrow crab nestled ... by Jim Catlin
'Crab Hair Day' - diver looking at an arrow crab nestled in the hair of the mermaid statue at Sunset House, Grand Cayman!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Cayman islands
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porcelain crab by Joachim Neumann
porcelain crab
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 22, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Compass Jelly at Porthkerris by Mark Hedges
Compass Jelly at Porthkerris
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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The Guard by Ari Nieminen
The Guard
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Finland
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Whale Shark encounter, Isla Contoy Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Whale Shark encounter, Isla Contoy Mexico
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Cleaning by Joachim Neumann
Cleaning
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 17, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Clownfish & anemone by Marco Gargiulo
Clownfish & anemone
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Grey Seal Portrait - Sigma 15mm + TC 1.4 by Spencer Burrows
Grey Seal Portrait - Sigma 15mm + TC 1.4
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Coral with diver by Mathias Weck
Coral with diver
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Porcospino fish by Marco Gargiulo
Porcospino fish
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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HOME, night dive by Marco Gargiulo
HOME, night dive
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Inquisitive Grey Seal, UK Farne Islands by Spencer Burrows
Inquisitive Grey Seal, UK Farne Islands
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Dramatic close-up! Lighting brings out the best of the subject here. Very cool action shot!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Seal framed by diver fins by Mark Hedges
Seal framed by diver fins
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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School of butterfly fish by Dave Difiore
School of butterfly fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Colorfull Reef, El Morro México by Alejandro Topete
Colorfull Reef, El Morro México
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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The statue is Amphritite - Siren of Sunset Reef I shot t... by Patricia Sinclair
The statue is Amphritite - Siren of Sunset Reef I shot this fairly close up in order to show the beautiful growth in her hair.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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octopus eye by Susanna Randazzo
octopus eye
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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snorkeling with whale sharks near Isla Mujeres ,Mexico by Susanna Randazzo
snorkeling with whale sharks near Isla Mujeres ,Mexico
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Photobombing beluga whale, does not happen every day! by Ellen Cuylaerts
Photobombing beluga whale, does not happen every day!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Canada
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Green Turtles in Akumal , Quintana Roo by Susanna Randazzo
Green Turtles in Akumal , Quintana Roo
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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"The Gathering" These guys are pretty territorial and ... by Allen Walker
"The Gathering"
These guys are pretty territorial and defend their areas with vigour, so pretty cool to see 4 of them together.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A diver gets an overhead view of the healthy reef system ... by Steven Anderson
A diver gets an overhead view of the healthy reef system that surround the waters of the Bahamas.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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