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

Barracuda on French Reef at Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary
By Steven Daniel
posted Sunday, June 29, 2008
90 votes

Rock Beauty shot on Wreck of the Benwood in Key Largo Marine Sanctuary
By Steven Daniel
posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008
88 votes

Stop Light Parrot Fish shot on the wreck of the Benwood Key Largo Fl In the National Marine Sanctuary
By Steven Daniel
posted Thursday, July 03, 2008
84 votes

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

Scrawled Filefish French Reef in The Florida Keys Marine Sancuary off Key Largo
By Steven Daniel
posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008
80 votes

Turtle beach on Oahu. Taken topside after a snorkeling trip.
By Gary Ramey
posted Saturday, December 02, 2006
80 votes

This picture was taken in the Florida Keys using an Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom. No flash was needed.
By Amanda Weinkauf
posted Monday, December 11, 2006
79 votes

Calf manatee @ Crystal River, Florida.
By Steve Kuo
posted Friday, December 29, 2006
78 votes

This beautiful Green Moray swam freely along side me in Utila, at one point poking the dome port with his nose...taken with Olympus EXZ500 in a Ikelite housing with a DS 125 Strobe.
By Holly Heffner
posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006
75 votes
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Slipper Lobster at night in Hawaii by Marc Wiseman
Slipper Lobster at night in Hawaii
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Hawaiian Monk seal and Sandbar Shark swimming through a g... by Michael Matzinger
Hawaiian Monk seal and Sandbar Shark swimming through a gap at Lehua rock
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I took this image off Catalina Island, California. It's ... by Janice Carter
I took this image off Catalina Island, California. It's a spanish shawl nudibranch that just decided to pose cute for me.
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Tiny tiny worm. by Pat Gunderson
Tiny tiny worm.
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Horseshoe crab mating by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Horseshoe crab mating
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Beautiful Queen Angelfish - Electric! by Emilie Voissem
Beautiful Queen Angelfish - Electric!
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A face only a mother could love, although one of the worl... by Beat J Korner
A face only a mother could love, although one of the world's fastest prey catching creatures - Commerson's Frogfish!
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The Hawaiian squid turns into flamboyant art after darkne... by Beat J Korner
The Hawaiian squid turns into flamboyant art after darkness and change their skin color by every move.
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Anemones in a lava cave by Bill Arle
Anemones in a lava cave
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Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once y... by Beat J Korner
Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once you get close to them they amuse me with their 'frozen' face expression.
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Limber Violet gilled nudibranch negotiating rough terrain by Ralph Turre
Limber Violet gilled nudibranch negotiating rough terrain
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Horseshoecrab which didn´t make it back to the Atlantic d... by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Horseshoecrab which didn´t make it back to the Atlantic during mating the night before. Of course, after the shooting the crab got flipped and made it easily back...
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Blenny at Blue Heron Bridge by Jeri Curley
Blenny at Blue Heron Bridge
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A little lunch perhaps. Dendronotus subramosus by Pat Gunderson
A little lunch perhaps. Dendronotus subramosus
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Female Blue Shark, taken freediving in San Pedro channel ... by Eric Addicott
Female Blue Shark, taken freediving in San Pedro channel near Catalina Island, Sony RX100 with single strobe.
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Simply a Pacific Sand Lance by Pat Gunderson
Simply a Pacific Sand Lance
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Sea Flea by Pat Gunderson
Sea Flea
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Turtle Spa. Big Island, Hawaii. by Bill Arle
Turtle Spa. Big Island, Hawaii.
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Polychaete worm swimming off of San Juan Islands, Washington by James Smith
Polychaete worm swimming off of San Juan Islands, Washington
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Octopussy in motion by Beate Seiler
Octopussy in motion
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Hairy frogy by Beate Seiler
Hairy frogy
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Big Island, Hawaii. by Bill Arle
Big Island, Hawaii.
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Nursing! by Ellen Cuylaerts
Nursing!
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Manatee photobomb by Ellen Cuylaerts
Manatee photobomb
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Moorish Idol. Big Island, Hawaii. by Bill Arle
Moorish Idol. Big Island, Hawaii.
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Hawaiian Blue Striper... by Mark Mahler
Hawaiian Blue Striper...
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Night snorkeling with Mantas - a special experience... by Olivier Notz
Night snorkeling with Mantas - a special experience...
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