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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From The Mediterranean Sea

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Orange dancer
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Seahorse with Skeleton shrimp
White elegance
The kiss
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"NudiLove"
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Blonde
labrid
salpes
This baby Bobtail Squid came quite close, investigating the Alien intruders, visiting his world. Did you know that a Bobtail Squid is emitting just enough bio-luminescence towards the sea-floor to make him invisible against the surface?
Look at me! The eye of a John Dori, looking at his reflection in the lens. The JD actually stopped and stayed motionless, staring at his reflection for about a minute...
This is Oceanic Art - the tail of a juvenile Slipper-lobster glows in beautiful colors, just before he propels himself out of sight with a couple of contractions.
A Mediterranean Bobtail Squid in its near-perfect stealth mode. They use their arms and suckers to cover themselves with sand and debris. When their pray gets close, they shoot up and catch it. Did u know that they emit bio-luminescence?
This is probably what a crab sees when it looks down its arms... Did you know that these hairs can pick up water movement as small as the equivalent of the energy of a few photons (much like the body-hair on spiders). :o
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An unknown species of plankton. I actually found this by chance, since it could only be seen when lit from the side or from behind - as it is fully see-through and only 2cm long...
cardinal
Red coral beauty. Difficult to see big ones because used in jewelry, especially during 20 century.
Flabelina while laying her eggs
From white
urchin
torpedo
canyon
mediterranean seahorse
tubeworm colours
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2014

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Lovely Colors
One of the very few anemones that settled in Malta harbors a translucent shrimp in a wonderful symbiotic relationship...
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Not only are these embryonic squid (Loligo vulgaris) protected by their see-through eggs, but these translucent walls also allow their developing vision to be stimulated constantly,- a sense that squid use intensely when hunting...
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2014

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blenie
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blenie
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