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Leafy Sea Dragon (Fetzendrachenfisch) , Australia - South Australia - Kangaroo Island
By Ralf Levc
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006
109 votes

This shot was taken during this years annual sardine migration. I had removed my strobes due to the backscatter and forgot to add weight, i was sat on the surface whilst my friends were seeing an awesome ball below, i was lucky to nail this shot.
By Paul Cowell
posted Monday, August 09, 2010
96 votes

Tortue verte Mayotte
By Belec Antoine
posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009
92 votes

Estuarine Cod and Cleaner Wrasse. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Tokina 10-17
By Ross Gudgeon
posted Friday, June 12, 2009
90 votes

For the remoras this big manta was a nice place to take a ride to somewhere else.
By Esteban Toré
posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009
89 votes

Female Tiger Shark,natural light, what an awesome animal!
By Roger Horrocks
posted Monday, March 06, 2006
79 votes


By Tobias Friedrich
posted Wednesday, December 14, 2011
79 votes

Amazing dolphin pod action in this years sardine run.
By Paul Cowell
posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010
76 votes

Napoleon Fish and scubagirl
By Alberto D'este
posted Friday, April 18, 2008
75 votes

Orange cup coral. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm MACRO
By Alexander Nikolaev
posted Monday, October 06, 2008
70 votes
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Male sea goldie darts upwards to impress the girls. by Valda Fraser
Male sea goldie darts upwards to impress the girls.
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date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Maldives by Oscar Miralpeix
Maldives
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Off to work and into the mouth I go. by Valda Fraser
Off to work and into the mouth I go.
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Glossodoris sp. by Valda Fraser
Glossodoris sp.
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The harlequin shrimp battled to dislodge the starfish. T... by Valda Fraser
The harlequin shrimp battled to dislodge the starfish. Then she carried it to a deep crevice and disappeared, along with her mate.
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Maldives atmosphere by Stéphane Primatesta
Maldives atmosphere
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Whales doing a SPY HOP, during their migration through th... by John Miller
Whales doing a SPY HOP, during their migration through the waters of the South Coast of Natal, taken with a Sony DSC W7,
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An encounter with a tiger shark. by Valda Fraser
An encounter with a tiger shark.
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Black Tip Shark by John Miller
Black Tip Shark
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Feels whisker dangling good. by Valda Fraser
Feels whisker dangling good.
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Diving Turtle by Elaine White
Diving Turtle
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Chelidonura punctata, a really beautiful slug. by Valda Fraser
Chelidonura punctata, a really beautiful slug.
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Phenacocolva gracillima on a whipcoral. by Valda Fraser
Phenacocolva gracillima on a whipcoral.
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Raie manta by André Bruchez
Raie manta
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Poisson scorpion diable by André Bruchez
Poisson scorpion diable
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Lionfish by Marteyne Van Well
Lionfish
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Little goby poking its head out by Marteyne Van Well
Little goby poking its head out
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Batfishes at the House Reef at Six Senses Laamu by Marteyne Van Well
Batfishes at the House Reef at Six Senses Laamu
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Yellow gas flame nudibranch by Peet J Van Eeden
Yellow gas flame nudibranch
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Male and Female shark, Nikon D7000, wide angle, by John Miller
Male and Female shark, Nikon D7000, wide angle,
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Off Scottburgh on the Natal South Coast, Nikon D7000 wide... by John Miller
Off Scottburgh on the Natal South Coast, Nikon D7000 wide angle lens, Black Tip Sharks
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A long-nose hawkfish. by Valda Fraser
A long-nose hawkfish.
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Nice turtle approaching me almost directly... by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Nice turtle approaching me almost directly...
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Thought this spot would be good for some macro shots, but... by Valda Fraser
Thought this spot would be good for some macro shots, but soon changed my mind when this fellow came to see what I was doing.
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A harlequin shrimp working hard to dislodge a starfish. by Valda Fraser
A harlequin shrimp working hard to dislodge a starfish.
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The yellow tipped cerata of a gas flame nudibranch by Peet J Van Eeden
The yellow tipped cerata of a gas flame nudibranch
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