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A small blenny  sticking out of a coral. This tiny creature might be small  but it has a big personality  observing my camera and showcasing it s alien like face.
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Underwater Photo Location: South Ari Atoll

Underwater Photo Location: South Ari Atoll

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Facts about South Ari Atoll
Dive types
Liveaboard



Photo facilities
wideangle

by Daniel Petitmermet
Call for attention !

by Olivier Notz
wunderful experience to snorkel with a whale shark. Unfortunately, it is quite a long time ago...

by Boris Pamikov
Videographer shooting the Marcha Fushi wreck - South Ari Atoll

by Barbara Schilling
Trying the blue background for the black Frogfish for the first time :-D

by Simon Barnes
Black Tip Reef Shark on the hunt in the South Ari Atol of the Maldives; snorkeling beneath the spa! Canon S100 w/strobe

by Simon Barnes
Tomato Clown in host anemone in the South Ari Atol of the Maldives. Taken with Canon S100 and strobe at 5m.

by Olivier Notz
A Painted Spiny Lobster that didn't like that to be photographed.

by Marchione Giacomo
Whale Shark with remores Nikop D800E, 17-35mmNikon

by Martin Genov
During a liveaboard trip to Maldives I took a shot of this frogfish with my Olympus TG-6, Isotta housing , Backscatter M52 wide angle lens and 2x INON S-2000 strobes.

by Martin Genov
Mantis shrimp shot during my liveaboard trip to Maldives. Olympus TG-6 , Isotta hosing, 2xINON S-2000

by Martin Splitt
This lionfish was resting at the brim of Seventh heaven Thila's reef. Located in the South Ari Atoll of the Maldives, it usually features strong currents and so lionfish sometimes perch between the rocks and corals to hide from the current.

by Owen Palmer
I found this spectacular red & white spotted pygmy goby while diving off South Ari Atoll in the Maldives. I was lucky to capture this normally timid fish before it darted back into a coral crevasse.
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