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Underwater Photo Contest | Topside (above water but marine related)

4492 Entries Found: Page 1  of  167
shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment
A Pilot Whale on a calm day by Arun Madisetti
A Pilot Whale on a calm day
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Pan Tropical Spotted Dolphin on a mission by Arun Madisetti
Pan Tropical Spotted Dolphin on a mission
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Pan Tropical Spotted Dolphin takes to the air by Arun Madisetti
Pan Tropical Spotted Dolphin takes to the air
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Juvenile Leatherback turtle navigating Sargassum on the w... by Arun Madisetti
Juvenile Leatherback turtle navigating Sargassum on the way to the sea
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 28, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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"Ghost Crab, I see you too" - I came across this Ghost Cr... by Owen Palmer
"Ghost Crab, I see you too" - I came across this Ghost Crab while walking on a deserted beach in the Maldives. I was truly amazed at the beautiful muted colors of this crab. Though timid, the crab stayed long enough for me to snap this picture.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 25, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Baby Leatherback turtle making its way to the sea. by Arun Madisetti
Baby Leatherback turtle making its way to the sea.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 6, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Large group of Green sea Turtles resting in the afternoon... by Steve Dolan
Large group of Green sea Turtles resting in the afternoon on Ho’okipa Beach on the island of Maui
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 25, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Freya, taken on 14 November 2021 at Seahouses harbour, No... by Andy Colls
Freya, taken on 14 November 2021 at Seahouses harbour, North East UK when she came ashore for 24 hours before travelling up to Norway and being slaughtered because the authorities could not protect her from humans
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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copper shark by Pieter Firlefyn
copper shark
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 6, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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breathe, breathe in the air - don't be afraid to care. by Arun Madisetti
breathe, breathe in the air - don't be afraid to care.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Parrotfish feeding in Tobacco Bay near shore in crystal c... by Steve Dolan
Parrotfish feeding in Tobacco Bay near shore in crystal clear water. Image taken from above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bermuda
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This was taken in a crazy battle of two whales fighting o... by Anthony Brown
This was taken in a crazy battle of two whales fighting over a females attention. One whale breached into the other whale causing this huge explosion just as the other whale lifted its tail.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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sunset by Pieter Firlefyn
sunset
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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cormorants checking around ignoring me by Aksems Kuzucu
cormorants checking around ignoring me
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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GoPro snorkeling by Mordechai Saxon
GoPro snorkeling
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 11, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Pelican by Pieter Firlefyn
Pelican
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Finding a treasure on the beach by Peet J Van Eeden
Finding a treasure on the beach
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Pelican in composition by Pieter Firlefyn
Pelican in composition
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Leatherback hatchling struggling to cross sargassum on it... by Arun Madisetti
Leatherback hatchling struggling to cross sargassum on its way to the sea.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 20, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Look at my beautiful feet. Blue-footed boobie, Galápagos... by Margriet Tilstra
Look at my beautiful feet.
Blue-footed boobie, Galápagos, Santa Cruz island.
Nikon D80, Nikkor 70-300mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/125
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Mediterranean Monk Seal - Monachus monachus by Stefanos Michael
Mediterranean Monk Seal - Monachus monachus
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 26, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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cayo anclitas, jardines de la reina cuba, sony a 6300. by Noel Lopez
cayo anclitas, jardines de la reina cuba, sony a 6300.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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pelican hangout by Rune Rasmussen
pelican hangout
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 3, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Gannet coming in for landing at Bird Island Nature reserv... by Peet J Van Eeden
Gannet coming in for landing at Bird Island Nature reserve at Lambert's bay
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 19, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Salmon running in the Alaskan Pacific from above. by Morgan Bennett-Smith
Salmon running in the Alaskan Pacific from above.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 9, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf of Alaska United States
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Sea Turtle in the Red Sea by Morgan Bennett-Smith
Sea Turtle in the Red Sea
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 1, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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caballones chanel,Gardens of the queen.Canon G16. by Noel Lopez
caballones chanel,Gardens of the queen.Canon G16.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 11, 2021
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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