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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Amanda Cotton

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©Amanda Cotton
Freediving at night in the Bahamas with a pod of dolphins was a pretty magical experience.
Crystal River, Florida manatee
©Amanda Cotton
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Diver above Japanese Zero inside cargo hold of Fujikawa Maru. Truk Lagoon, Micronesia. ©Amanda Cotton
Mask in the interior of one of the many wrecks of Truk Lagoon, Micronesia ©Amanda Cotton
Beneath a beautiful tiger shark at Tiger Beach, Bahamas.
©Amanda Cotton
Camera's point of view at the end of a dive. ©Amanda Cotton
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great idea
Taking a break in between shark sightings in the Bahamas. ©Amanda Cotton
Lionfish on coral. ©Amanda Cotton
Cave diver next to the infamous "Big E" in Hole in the Wall at the Mill Pond in Marianna, Florida. Technical diving.
©Amanda Cotton
Tiger shark coming in for a closer look at tiger beach, Bahamas.
©Amanda Cotton
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Lemon shark mid feeding at the surface. Tiger Beach, Bahamas. Thank you Mike and Connor for helping me get this shot.
©Amanda Cotton
One of the many lemon sharks at Tiger Beach, Bahamas.
©Amanda Cotton
Freediver at night. Tiger Beach, Bahamas
©Amanda Cotton
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a dramatic silhouette
Tiger shark with videographer diver at Tiger Beach, Bahamas. ©Amanda Cotton
Diver above prop on Rio De Janeiro wreck of Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia. ©Amanda Cotton
Diver shines his light through a Zero Fighter Plane inside the cargo hold of the Fujikawa Maru wreck in Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia. ©Amanda Cotton
Turtle gliding through the waters off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico. ©Amanda Cotton
One of the many jellyfish we encountered swimming above the wrecks of Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia. ©Amanda Cotton
Pink Anemone Fish in Micronesia ©Amanda Cotton
Technical Diving. Cave diver entering into the no light zone of north Florida's caves. Jackson Blue, Florida. ©Amanda Cotton
Florida sunset from a fish's point of view. ©Amanda Cotton
Cave Diver.
Technical Diving.
Cave diving in Jackson Blue, Florida.
©Amanda Cotton
Garibaldi of Channel Islands, California. ©Amanda Cotton
Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia. Gas Mask sits on the deck below the forward mast of the Nippo Maru wreck. ©Amanda Cotton
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unmistakeably Truk
Human Skull. Human remains lay deep inside the Heian Maru wreck in Truk Lagoon (Chuuk). ©Amanda Cotton
Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia. Diver on wreck of Truk Lagoon. ©Amanda Cotton
Cave Diving
Cave Diver making his way through the cavern zone of Jackson Blue in northern Florida. Jackson Blue Springs is in Florida’s Panhandle. The Jackson Blue cave system has miles of passages at depths of 80-100 feet.
©Amanda Cotton
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