The first time I ever saw Syngnathus acus mating, last weekend in our Oosterschelde. Unfortunately I had my macro lens on the camera :-(
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Ofcourse we have flowers above and below the water in the Netherlands.

These Cyclopterus lumpus was trapped. Hard to leave him there...

Our cold waters are green ofcourse. These Wakame can be impressive when there is some sunshine.

The Hemigrapsus penicillatus last weekend in water of 4 degrees C. Nice camouflage.

Green sea urchin crawling arround. Normally found between rocks.

Dahlia anemone

The bottom of the Oosterschelde is at several places covered with brittlestars. A lot of divers don't even look at them but the colours can be very beautiful.

This image of a Lobster was taken on a day with very good visability. Normally they don't walk around during daytime but on this day a lot of them where on the move.

This picture of Cottis perifretum was taken in the Grote Hegge, Thorn. Here is a wreck overgrown
with freshwatermussels. In the nighttime this little fish is searching here for food. Sometimes they seem bored, it looks as if they have to yawn!

small and resting

The picture of Facelina auriculata was taken at the divesite Zeelandbrug. Is was present for several weeks and is not common in the Oosterschelde. Unfortunately the dive site is destroyed by the dumping of steel slag.

This picture of Anguila anguila was taken during a nightdive in the freshwaterlake Bosmolenplas.

The picture is taken in may 2009 in a freshwaterlake called de grote Hegge. There is a wreck and Sander lucioperca is coming there to lay eggs. The mail protects the aggs and there is a good oppertunity to take some pictures.

Testing my new wide angle lens in a freshwater lake near to my hometown I spotted these model submarine. It has a length of about 2 meters.

Another half-half in freshwater, close to my home.

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This image is half half, but also fresh water. I took it while snorkling in a chanel close to my home. The Cow was staring at me.....

Cyclopterus lumpus (Lump sucker) male with eggs. The male protects the eggs till the juvenile fishes come out.
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Imagine: Were did this Shell live, how long ago did it died, was it eaten by a crab? And what will happen when we leave it here? A small dune already exists, would it become a big dune in the future……

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I wish you all the best for 2010, with lot´s of underwater fun.

The Pleurobranchia pileus looks like an UFO at night.

Some animals show their beauty when you see them in close up. These picture of an Asterias rubens I made yesterday, the water is around 6° Celcius now.

Tergipes tergipes is hard to find. The one at the picture is about 4mm length. The white eggs can be found easily. I made this picture last week on a depth of 2-3 meter. I tried to use low light, because otherwise the small body loose all details.

These heremite couldn't find a house that fits to his size. Normally you don't see his backside.