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Tu prenais du plaisir A faire des ronds dans l'eau... ;=)
By Bonduel Tanguy
posted Friday, December 02, 2011
137 votes

Spanish Shawl Nudibranch at Point Dume, Malibu.
By Sevag Mehterian
posted Tuesday, December 20, 2011
114 votes

Nautilus pompilius. Taken at LIFOU island, New Caledonia, in night dive. Very rare prehistorycal animal who lives very deep, so i had a chance to meet it
By Antonio Pastorelli
posted Monday, March 17, 2008
93 votes

Inspired by nearby competition, this male humpback put some serious power into this series of forward lunges. In 7 years of whale watching, I had never seen a lunge like this from this angle. Taken with a canon 350d and 70-300 lens.
By Tyania Diffin
posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006
92 votes

SHARKS
By Pedro L Burguera
posted Friday, January 25, 2008
91 votes

Overwater Bungalows-Moorea
By Frank Greco
posted Thursday, June 07, 2007
88 votes

This image was taken in Guadalupe Islanda in October 2008 using a Nikonos RS with a 20-35mm lens. THs film I used was Fuji Velvia 100 speed, f8 at approximately 125. Color corrected in photoshop CS.
By Steven Kl Smith
posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008
84 votes

Green Sea Turtle, South Kohala Coast, Hawaii - 2007 AUG 06
By Gus Saldana
posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007
82 votes

Red Eye Frog Costa Rica
By Doris Vierkoetter
posted Friday, October 28, 2011
82 votes

Ship wreck off Orchid Island, Taiwan.
By Steve Kuo
posted Thursday, December 28, 2006
81 votes
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School of Jacks, Galapagos Ecuador by Alejandro Topete
School of Jacks, Galapagos Ecuador
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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This divemaster frees a 35ft whale shark from a thick fis... by David Valencia
This divemaster frees a 35ft whale shark from a thick fishing line. He had to keep up in strong current at 100ft. and peel the line from the skin after cutting the line in half.
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Usefull action !
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 29, 2012
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date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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"Follow me, the entry point is just around the corner....... by Stuart Ganz
"Follow me, the entry point is just around the corner.... I think"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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date posted location: Pacific United States
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Majestic Octopus, Galapagos Ecuador by Alejandro Topete
Majestic Octopus, Galapagos Ecuador
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
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There's nothing more exciting than a baitball. Here's a l... by David Valencia
There's nothing more exciting than a baitball. Here's a look at the entire frenzy. A beautiful interaction of nature.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Hawaiian Reefscape by Stuart Ganz
Hawaiian Reefscape
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
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Our lucky night....A night dive with a whale shark. by David Valencia
Our lucky night....A night dive with a whale shark.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
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A Tiger sharks leads a school of hammerheads straight to ... by David Valencia
A Tiger sharks leads a school of hammerheads straight to me...
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
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The sentinel by Ralph Turre
The sentinel
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Bat Fish with red lips, Galapagos Ecuador Canon 7D, 60 m... by Alejandro Topete
Bat Fish with red lips, Galapagos Ecuador
Canon 7D, 60 mm, 2 strobes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Dive is done, heading back to the boat. by Stuart Ganz
Dive is done, heading back to the boat.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012
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Face to face with Sun Fish (Mola Mola) Punta Vicente Roc... by Alejandro Topete
Face to face with Sun Fish (Mola Mola)
Punta Vicente Roca en Galapagos
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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This was created by blending 6 consecutive images of a br... by Matthew Fischbach
This was created by blending 6 consecutive images of a brown pelican landing.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 23, 2012
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Octupus walking on the reef by Alejandro Topete
Octupus walking on the reef
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date posted posted: Friday, November 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Thousands Little Tunny, Isla Darwin Galapagos by Alejandro Topete
Thousands Little Tunny, Isla Darwin Galapagos
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 22, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Healthy Growth. Kelp bladders growing. Shot with a Canon ... by Douglas Klug
Healthy Growth. Kelp bladders growing. Shot with a Canon Rebel T4i in Ike Housing with 100mm f/2.8 macro and dual ds51 strobes.
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common subject captured in a interesting way.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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Amazing Whale Shark with diver Islas Galapagos, Ecuador... by Alejandro Topete
Amazing Whale Shark with diver
Islas Galapagos, Ecuador
Canon 7D, 15 mm, 2 strobes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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"Into Deep" by Christian Vizl
"Into Deep"
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Now that's a proper shoal of fish !
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date posted posted: Monday, November 19, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Seahorse portrait by Beth Watson
Seahorse portrait
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date posted posted: Monday, November 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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A white-lined dirona off of Vancouver Island British Colu... by J. Daniel Horovatin
A white-lined dirona off of Vancouver Island British Columbia
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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A reef crab having a bite to eat. Can anyone help with id... by J. Daniel Horovatin
A reef crab having a bite to eat. Can anyone help with identification?
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Banded pipefish is carrying their eggs attached to the lo... by Ahmet Yay
Banded pipefish is carrying their eggs attached to the lower part of its body.
Canon 40 D - 60 mm macro - 2 x YS-110
1/125 f:10 Asa:400
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date posted posted: Friday, November 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Tiburon Martillo, Galapagos Ecuador Canon 7D, 15 mm, 2 s... by Alejandro Topete
Tiburon Martillo, Galapagos Ecuador
Canon 7D, 15 mm, 2 strobes
ISO 200, F/4, 1/125
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Cabezon, taken freediving at 20' with Canon S95 in Recsea... by Eric Addicott
Cabezon, taken freediving at 20' with Canon S95 in Recsea housing.
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"Tornado" by Christian Vizl
"Tornado"
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 15, 2012
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Great look of Me, Green Turtle Galapagos Canon 7D, 15 mm... by Alejandro Topete
Great look of Me, Green Turtle Galapagos
Canon 7D, 15 mm, 2 strobes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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A Coralimorph found drifting along the substrate at 25m, ... by David Crutchley
A Coralimorph found drifting along the substrate at 25m, only one i have ever seen drifting.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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