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Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
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Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (4 days ago)
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The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (2 days ago)
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Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (2 days ago)
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Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
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The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
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Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
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Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted Yesterday
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted 03:45 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
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4494 Entries Found: Page 114  of  167
shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment
At the "Beach" by Jesper Pedersen
At the "Beach"
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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They are shooting!!! May be I will be the next movie star... by Svetoslav Dimitrov
They are shooting!!! May be I will be the next movie star?!!!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Chinstrap penguin, negotiating the surf. Sure the PADI ma... by Steve Laycock
Chinstrap penguin, negotiating the surf. Sure the PADI manual says to walk backwards.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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banka in El Nido on Palawan Is, Phillipines by Brian Naylor
banka in El Nido on Palawan Is, Phillipines
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pipeline, Oahu, HI Behind the surfer. by Ben Decamp
Pipeline, Oahu, HI
Behind the surfer.
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Empty wave at sunset looking out, surfer's perspective. by Ben Decamp
Empty wave at sunset looking out, surfer's perspective.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 2, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Killer Whale in Tysfjord, Norway taken with a Canon 10D. ... by Maria Munn
Killer Whale in Tysfjord, Norway taken with a Canon 10D. Snorkelling with these was one of my chilliest ever experiences underwater.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 2, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Norway
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The Baths, Virgen Gorda by Abimael Márquez
The Baths, Virgen Gorda
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 1, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Dive boat waiting.....just a few more minutes..... by Petra Kuzev
Dive boat waiting.....just a few more minutes.....
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 1, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Grenada
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tropical tidepooling by Christine Huffard
tropical tidepooling
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 31, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Tropical Paradise - Above and Downbelow ! Kapalai Dive Re... by Richard And Joanne Swann
Tropical Paradise - Above and Downbelow ! Kapalai Dive Resort, Sabah Borneo. Photographed with Nikon D2x.

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Now we are going have to sort out two accounts for Richard And Joanne. You can't both press the shutter!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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divecenter on kuramathi. by Andy Kutsch
divecenter on kuramathi.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Sunset at Kahe Point Oahu. by Rob Van Orden
Sunset at Kahe Point Oahu.
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48 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 26, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Bleached conch, Half Moon Caye, Belize by Alex Klingen
Bleached conch, Half Moon Caye, Belize

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Moonscape Alex!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 26, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Riflessi by Fabio Peracchia
Riflessi
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 26, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Breach & Bow". Adult Humpback Whale breaching in the wat... by Mathew Cook
"Breach & Bow". Adult Humpback Whale breaching in the waters of Maui, HI. Thanks for looking.
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A superb breach Matthew. Unusual to see a shot where the Whale is between Land and the photographer.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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My 12 year old carving it up. Coral Bay by Penny Murphy
My 12 year old carving it up. Coral Bay
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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"Island Sunset" This photo was taken on Oahu, Hawaii's no... by Mathew Cook
"Island Sunset" This photo was taken on Oahu, Hawaii's north shore.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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curious wrasse, from boat by Christian Cauwe
curious wrasse, from boat
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 21, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Chinstrap penguin, admiring his reflection in the lens by Steve Laycock
Chinstrap penguin, admiring his reflection in the lens
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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"Humpback Fluke". This whale was so close to us we could ... by Mathew Cook
"Humpback Fluke". This whale was so close to us we could even see the barnacles attached to it's tail. An amazing experience.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 19, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Gentoo Penguins, "flying" besides our zodiac by Steve Laycock
Gentoo Penguins, "flying" besides our zodiac
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 19, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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returning to our diving dhoni at the end of a late aftern... by Geoff Spiby
returning to our diving dhoni at the end of a late afternoon snorkel in the Maldives I had 1 shot left on my film (luckily) .
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 19, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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leopard seal, on an Antartic iceburg by Steve Laycock
leopard seal, on an Antartic iceburg
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 18, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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Looking across Sagami Bay at Mount Fuji. Photo taken on ... by Bill Stewart
Looking across Sagami Bay at Mount Fuji. Photo taken on 6 January 2008 after completing a dive at Hayama, Japan. It was a beautiful sunny day. Air temp was in upper 60's... water temp was mid 50's. Definitely nice to be diving in a dry suit!
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Japan
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My 12 year old giving me grey hair, learning to kite boar... by Penny Murphy
My 12 year old giving me grey hair, learning to kite board. Coral Bay
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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More Weight Please! Diving in Milford Sound, New Zealand... by Stephen Holinski
More Weight Please! Diving in Milford Sound, New Zealand. Was unsure whether to list this as diver's or above water...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: New Zealand
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