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The Escort ... Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus. Sail Rock, ... by Stefan Follows
The Escort ... Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Panasonic 8mm-iso200-f80-180
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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We've Got You Surrounded A sand tiger shark is surrounde... by Tanya Houppermans
We've Got You Surrounded
A sand tiger shark is surrounded by bait fish on the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Car pooling or hitch hiking the Lemon Sharks and friends ... by Steven Anderson
Car pooling or hitch hiking the Lemon Sharks and friends all have somewhere to be a Tiger Beach Bahamas
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Traffic Patterns I can't help but wonder how the sand ti... by Tanya Houppermans
Traffic Patterns
I can't help but wonder how the sand tiger sharks figure out which direction they're going to go, or which group they're going to hang out with.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Shimmering Sand Tiger The skin of a sand tiger shark has... by Tanya Houppermans
Shimmering Sand Tiger
The skin of a sand tiger shark has a shimmering, almost metallic quality to it. Taken on the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 17, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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A black tip slowly cruises past with the late afternoon s... by Allen Walker
A black tip slowly cruises past with the late afternoon sun glistening on her back, just something so surreal about this image and actually witnessing the moment in the water.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Blue Shark, Cornwall, UK by Nick Blake
Blue Shark, Cornwall, UK
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Catching a wave with Lemon Sharks at Tiger Beach Bahamas by Steven Anderson
Catching a wave with Lemon Sharks at Tiger Beach Bahamas
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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This Reef Shark comes into meet me as I settle to the bot... by Steven Anderson
This Reef Shark comes into meet me as I settle to the bottom paying no attention to the divers below the boat.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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"Speed" - this image really brings a smile to my face eve... by Allen Walker
"Speed" - this image really brings a smile to my face every time I look at it!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Shadow Sharks There were so many sand tiger sharks aroun... by Tanya Houppermans
Shadow Sharks
There were so many sand tiger sharks around us while diving off of North Carolina a couple weeks ago, that they seemed to just come out of nowhere.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Steadfast One of the amazing things about being among so... by Tanya Houppermans
Steadfast
One of the amazing things about being among so many sand tiger sharks is that they were incredibly tolerant of our being close to them. They were in 'the zone,' and weren't going to be bothered by a few curious divers.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 9, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'Turning The Corner' A sand tiger shark on the wreck of ... by Tanya Houppermans
'Turning The Corner'
A sand tiger shark on the wreck of the British Splendour, a tanker that was sunk off the coast of North Carolina in 1942 by a German U-Boat, the U-552.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 7, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Nature's Choreography Spade fish swirl around a group of... by Tanya Houppermans
Nature's Choreography
Spade fish swirl around a group of sand tigers sharks above the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Shout" - One of my personal favourites ;) by Allen Walker
"Shout" - One of my personal favourites wink
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The lighting here is incredible! Paired with an excellent pose, this shot is a well deserved winner.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Red and Blue I see Raggies two ;) by Allen Walker
Red and Blue I see Raggies two wink
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date posted posted: Monday, August 3, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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All In Formation No one really knows why the sand tiger ... by Tanya Houppermans
All In Formation
No one really knows why the sand tiger sharks school like this, but it seems to happen around the July time frame off of North Carolina every year, especially around the wreck of the Caribsea.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 3, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Piercing the Sun A sand tiger shark swims above the wrec... by Tanya Houppermans
Piercing the Sun
A sand tiger shark swims above the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Extreme photo bomb — Subal underwater housing, Canon 1D... by Terry Steeley
Extreme photo bomb
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Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon 8-15mm fisheye, f9, 1/125, ISO250, natural light.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 31, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Taking Center Stage A sand tiger shark swims amongst sev... by Tanya Houppermans
Taking Center Stage
A sand tiger shark swims amongst several species of baitfish near the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 31, 2015
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Majesty. Classic pose with no crop and almost no scatter.... by Steven Miller
Majesty. Classic pose with no crop and almost no scatter.. the eggs were in rafts and some areas were crystal blue.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 30, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Schooling Sand Tigers Several dozen sand tiger sharks sc... by Tanya Houppermans
Schooling Sand Tigers
Several dozen sand tiger sharks schooling around the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 30, 2015
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A return to Tiger Beach with a warm welcome from a famous... by Steven Anderson
A return to Tiger Beach with a warm welcome from a famous Tiger Shark Tarantino.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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One of the Caribbean Reef sharks that frequent the reef o... by Emily Weston
One of the Caribbean Reef sharks that frequent the reef outside of Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Silvertip sharks of Fiji / Fiji is home to a diverse shar... by Theresa Guise
Silvertip sharks of Fiji / Fiji is home to a diverse shark population. We were lucky to observe nine species during one day of diving. Pictured here are the nimble and quick silvertip sharks, so named for the silver edges on their fin tips.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Smile for the camera / An unusual hammerhead with pigment... by Theresa Guise
Smile for the camera / An unusual hammerhead with pigmented belly smiles in front of the camera. Canon 5DMIII, canon 8-15mm fisheye lens @15mm, Nauticam housing, Inon Z240 strobes x2, Zen 230 dome. iso 200, 1/250, f11
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 25, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Titan A whale shark near Isla Mujeres, Mexico by Tanya Houppermans
Titan
A whale shark near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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