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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 (3 days ago)
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Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 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 (3 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 Friday, July 4, 2025
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
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shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment
Braving the cold by Christine Huffard
Braving the cold
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Chile
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Taken on one of the land excursions during a visit to the... by Michael Shope
Taken on one of the land excursions during a visit to the Galapagos Islands
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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puffin with sand eels. by John Naylor
puffin with sand eels.

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fabulous study John
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Tikehau - French Polynesia by Vito Lorusso
Tikehau - French Polynesia
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Mum & Dad.....Yellow-eyed Penguins, resting before anothe... by Brian Mayes
Mum & Dad.....Yellow-eyed Penguins, resting before another trip to the supermarket (sea).......Canon G7
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 21, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Varadero - Cuba by Vito Lorusso
Varadero - Cuba
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 21, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Beautiful shore line of Qamea, Fiji by Michael Shope
Beautiful shore line of Qamea, Fiji
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Pebbles in ephemeral rest...Taken with Canon EOS500 (anal... by Helena Encarnação
Pebbles in ephemeral rest...Taken with Canon EOS500 (analogic).

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simple but effective
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Baby Yellow-Eyed Penguin waiting patiently for mum and da... by Brian Mayes
Baby Yellow-Eyed Penguin waiting patiently for mum and dad to come home from the sea to feed it......Canon G9
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Welcome to the Galapagos by Karl Hodgkins
Welcome to the Galapagos
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Sunset over Roseau by Kay Wilson
Sunset over Roseau
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Beauty in the middle of nowhere. A small island named Coc... by Margo Cavis
Beauty in the middle of nowhere. A small island named Coco Island in the Seychelles.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 19, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean United States
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Beautiful sea glass beach in Bermuda. Sea glass, also cal... by Jim Chambers
Beautiful sea glass beach in Bermuda. Sea glass, also called mermaid's tears, is broken ceramics (bottles, plates, etc.) that have scoured along the bottom of the sea for years before landing on a beach.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 18, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic Bermuda
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Coco Island - This was taken from the beach of a tiny lit... by Margo Cavis
Coco Island - This was taken from the beach of a tiny little island in the Seychelles.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 18, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean United States
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Moorea - French Polynesia by Vito Lorusso
Moorea - French Polynesia
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 18, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Little Ghost Crab on Little Cayman Island, BWI. by Jim Chambers
Little Ghost Crab on Little Cayman Island, BWI.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Shore Crab....¸><((((º>....Canon G9 by Brian Mayes
Shore Crab....¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Hotel Guests Only - Palm Island, the Grenadines, St. Vinc... by Kay Wilson
Hotel Guests Only - Palm Island, the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Monterey Bay Orca Hunt - towards the end of the lesson, t... by Dan Lee
by: Dan Lee
Monterey Bay Orca Hunt - towards the end of the lesson, the orcas displayed immense and violent power, repeatedly hitting the sea lion with their heads, bodies and tails.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. Big Sur California. by Tom Mcmillen
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. Big Sur California.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Penguin taking a drink from a melting iceberg by Steve Laycock
Penguin taking a drink from a melting iceberg
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Antarctica
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Moorea - French Polynesia by Vito Lorusso
Moorea - French Polynesia
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Humpback surface feeding near Boston. by Dan Lee
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Humpback surface feeding near Boston.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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grey seal pup a few days old.used 400mm lens to avoid cau... by John Naylor
grey seal pup a few days old.used 400mm lens to avoid causing distress.
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Shooting w DC500, wide angle lens with Sun backlighting s... by Ray Hawkins
Shooting w DC500, wide angle lens with Sun backlighting subject getting back on the boat, vicinity Nassua Bahamas Nov 2008.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Moorea - French Polynesia by Vito Lorusso
Moorea - French Polynesia
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Happy 15 year anniversary, honey!! Sunset at the Fairmon... by Melanie Daneluk
Happy 15 year anniversary, honey!!
Sunset at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 14, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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