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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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3D Garibaldi in Catalina by Morgan Ashton
3D Garibaldi in Catalina
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 12, 2012
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Close-up Macro - Stubby Squid by Jesse Miller
Close-up Macro - Stubby Squid
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date posted posted: Friday, August 10, 2012
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Breaking Away. Sea Lion at Ship Rock, Catalina. by Morgan Ashton
Breaking Away. Sea Lion at Ship Rock, Catalina.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 10, 2012
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Tambja verconis - Landing Bay Pinnacle, Poor Knights Isla... by Blair Morgan
Tambja verconis - Landing Bay Pinnacle, Poor Knights Islands, NZ
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Octopus on Farnsworth Reef, Catalina. by Morgan Ashton
Octopus on Farnsworth Reef, Catalina.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2012
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Sea lions synchronized sunbathing. On top of Farnsworth R... by Morgan Ashton
Sea lions synchronized sunbathing. On top of Farnsworth Reef, Catalina.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
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A curious whale shark swims with a lucky snorkeler. by David Valencia
A curious whale shark swims with a lucky snorkeler.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 06, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Kelp Dreams. Catalina Island. by Morgan Ashton
Kelp Dreams. Catalina Island.
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Limacia cockerelli WA, U.S.A. by Tom Radio
Limacia cockerelli
WA, U.S.A.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 05, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
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Blowing Bubbles. Sea Lion off of Catalina. DX-2G. by Morgan Ashton
Blowing Bubbles. Sea Lion off of Catalina. DX-2G.
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Sea Lion at Ship Rock off Santa Catalina island. by Morgan Ashton
Sea Lion at Ship Rock off Santa Catalina island.
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A school of Silky and Silvertip sharks that seasonally me... by David Valencia
A school of Silky and Silvertip sharks that seasonally meet at Roca Partida, Mex.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 05, 2012
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Close up of fish. by Christian Vizl
Close up of fish.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 04, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Divers enjoying the night manta dive in Kona Hawaii. by Stuart Ganz
Divers enjoying the night manta dive in Kona Hawaii.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 04, 2012
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Color on color. A hiltons nudibranch cruises across a spo... by Douglas Klug
Color on color. A hiltons nudibranch cruises across a sponge. Shot with canon digital rebel and 60mm macro in ikelite housing with dual ds51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 02, 2012
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Multi-Legged Freaks! A pygmy octopus is surrounded by les... by Douglas Klug
Multi-Legged Freaks! A pygmy octopus is surrounded by less-legged brittle stars. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel in Ikelite Housing with a 60mm f/2.8 macro and dual ds-51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2012
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Buddha Diver by Nate Ewigman
Buddha Diver
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 01, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Anenome mouth abstract. ISO: 100, f/3.41, Exp: 1/60 sec. by Nate Ewigman
Anenome mouth abstract. ISO: 100, f/3.41, Exp: 1/60 sec.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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A rare sighting of a thresher shark milling around undern... by David Valencia
A rare sighting of a thresher shark milling around underneath a baitball. This was taken while freediving.
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Detail of a starfish found in Ixtapa, Mexico. by Christian Vizl
Detail of a starfish found in Ixtapa, Mexico.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Looking into the abyss...ISO: 64, f/2.8, Exp 1/300 by Nate Ewigman
Looking into the abyss...ISO: 64, f/2.8, Exp 1/300
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 28, 2012
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Spiral coral on E6 in Fiji. I wanted to convey the sense ... by Nate Ewigman
Spiral coral on E6 in Fiji. I wanted to convey the sense of geometry in this coral; ISO: 80, f/2.8, exp: 1/60.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
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Common Anthias by Larissa Roorda
Common Anthias
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Anemone textures by Larissa Roorda
Anemone textures
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Kissing Buda II. by Christian Vizl
Kissing Buda II.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
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I found this Ornate Ghost Pipefish under a ledge in the d... by Nate Ewigman
I found this Ornate Ghost Pipefish under a ledge in the dark. The lighting comes from a torch and hit the fish in a breathtaking way - despite the illumination of the food he was eating. ISO: 200; f/6.5; Exp. 1/60 sec
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"He Can't See Us If We Don't Move" - market squid (Loligo... by Terry Goss
"He Can't See Us If We Don't Move" - market squid (Loligo opalescens) at the Monterey Breakwater. Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, Sea & Sea YS90 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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