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Eagle ray Myliobatis tenuicaudatus in Goat Island Marine ... by Daniel Poloha
Eagle ray Myliobatis tenuicaudatus in Goat Island Marine Reserve
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Translucent Shrimp Warrior from Ti Point Wharf by Daniel Poloha
Translucent Shrimp Warrior from Ti Point Wharf
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Golfball sponges in a murky harbour by Daniel Poloha
Golfball sponges in a murky harbour
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 5, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Old chain lives new life as boat mooring by Daniel Poloha
Old chain lives new life as boat mooring
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Leatherjacket Parika scaber by Daniel Poloha
Leatherjacket Parika scaber
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Clown doris (Ceratosoma amoena) by Daniel Poloha
Clown doris (Ceratosoma amoena)
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date posted posted: Friday, October 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A nicely coloured leatherjacket. The picture is a crop fr... by Daniel Poloha
A nicely coloured leatherjacket. The picture is a crop from a wide-angle image
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 12, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Triplefin on guard in front of its cave by Daniel Poloha
Triplefin on guard in front of its cave
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date posted posted: Monday, September 9, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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White-tentacled anemone (Actinothoe albocincta) close-up by Daniel Poloha
White-tentacled anemone (Actinothoe albocincta) close-up
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Snapper gliding above meadows of brown algae in shallows ... by Daniel Poloha
Snapper gliding above meadows of brown algae in shallows of Goat Island marine reserve.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Sabella spallanzanii, a pest in nz waters by Daniel Poloha
Sabella spallanzanii, a pest in nz waters
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Pipefish by Daniel Poloha
Pipefish
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 28, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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This photo was taken while on a Scallop Dive. The water w... by Janelle Johnson
This photo was taken while on a Scallop Dive. The water was 10degrees and I was pleasantly surprised to come across the Seahorse who happily posed for me.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea New Zealand
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Female sea lion snorted at me when I walked by. by Beat J Korner
Female sea lion snorted at me when I walked by.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A swarm of Blue and Pink Maomaos tried to hide under a su... by Beat J Korner
A swarm of Blue and Pink Maomaos tried to hide under a submerged arch at Poor Knights Island, New Zealand.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 19, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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My diver model swam up this kelp wall and was confronted ... by Beat J Korner
My diver model swam up this kelp wall and was confronted face to face with a massive scorpion fish off Poor Knights Islands in New Zealand.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 19, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Too blue to be real? by Daniel Poloha
Too blue to be real?
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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This is a cropped image, the jelly was less than 1cm in d... by Daniel Poloha
This is a cropped image, the jelly was less than 1cm in diameter and I had only a 60mm lens frown
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Fan worm from murky Browns Bay by Daniel Poloha
Fan worm from murky Browns Bay
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Diver approaching wall covered with Ecklonia kelp by Daniel Poloha
Diver approaching wall covered with Ecklonia kelp
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Symphony of Blue Maomaos in Poor Knights Island's Norther... by Beat J Korner
Symphony of Blue Maomaos in Poor Knights Island's Northern Arch against the morning sun.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 4, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Another beauty from the 'barren' Browns Bay. 60mm lens u... by Daniel Poloha
Another beauty from the 'barren' Browns Bay. 60mm lens used.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A gem nudibranch (Dendrodoris) on a "barren" Browns Bay b... by Daniel Poloha
A gem nudibranch (Dendrodoris) on a "barren" Browns Bay beach
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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My companion for the whole dive by Daniel Poloha
My companion for the whole dive
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A beautiful sponge in a very silty harbour by Daniel Poloha
A beautiful sponge in a very silty harbour
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Stingrays congregate around New Zealand's Poor Knights Is... by Beat J Korner
Stingrays congregate around New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands every March for mating, also attracting lots of orcas which feed on rays. This 6' sting ray just dozed in a gravel 'bed' before I accidently woke it up.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea New Zealand
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Violet finger sponge glowing in the murky waters of Mahur... by Daniel Poloha
Violet finger sponge glowing in the murky waters of Mahurangi Harbour.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 2, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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