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Cave diver in an underwater cave of karstic origin at a depth of 75 meters during the Gumbo La Baharini 2 expedition, which aimed to produce a complete 3D model of this karstic cave using photogrammetry. Passe Bateau Sud, Mayotte lagoon

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Lesser noddy (Anous tenuirostris) landed on my dive buddy Virgilio, Maldives, Indian Ocean

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© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto

BARRACUDA (Sphyraena viridensis). Barracuda school with diver. Tenerife, underwater bottoms of the Canary Islands.

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Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne). Bream school with diver, Tenerife. Fish of the Canary Islands.

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Underground diver descending into the first well of the Buèges spring, Hérault, France

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be extremely prepared, brave and self-controlled to free-dive, holding the breath, in ambient without a fast and clear access to the surface.
Reaching the underwater world, is an adventure itself since a thick layer of ice bars the passages every night, due to very low temperatures, and every day one must cut ice holes (called mainas by locals) into the ice platform. Salted water needs very low temperature to freeze. Below the ice platform, the upper layer is a melt of fresh and salt water, allowing a surprising amount of life to thrive. 

Location: White Sea, northern Russia.


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Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, South Africa, Indian Ocean.

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus orientalis). A diver hiding behind a school of Oriental sweetlips , Mayotte

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

(Mnemiopsis leidyi), the warty comb jelly or sea walnut. Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable for divers who can dive around a iceberg that floats in crystal-clear water, Tasiilaq, East Greenland

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A tiny Benthic Hydromedusa, with a bell size of less than one centimeter, (Ptychogastria polaris), swimming in front of an iceberg, Tasiilaq, East Greenland

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Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable for divers who can dive around a iceberg that floats in crystal-clear water, Tasiilaq, East Greenland

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Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable for divers who can dive around a iceberg that floats in crystal-clear water, Tasiilaq, East Greenland

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Free diver swimming with sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus). Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n° 351/12 W-2.

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Diver and the wreck of Hai Siang sliding by 55 m deep, Indian Ocean, Reunion

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Diver and Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) during a session baiting with chunks of Sardines - Site of Protea Banks, off the town of Umkomaas, South Africa

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Diver and Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) during a session baiting with chunks of Sardines - Site of Protea Banks, off the town of Umkomaas, South Africa

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Diver and Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) during a session baiting with chunks of Sardines - Site of Protea Banks, off the town of Umkomaas, South Africa

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Diver exit the cathedral at Silfra fissure, deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates. Silfra fissure is actually a crack between the North American and Eurasian continents that drift apart about 2cm per year. Thingvellir National Park, Iceland.

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Schoal of Sardinellas and diver - Cebu Philippines

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© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto

Blue shark - Cape of Good Hope South Africa

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Blue shark - Cape of Good Hope South Africa

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Diver and Blue Shark - South Africa ; Diver stroking Lorenzini bulbs on the muzzle of a blue shark

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Diver into the light shining down through a cenote opening

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© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto

Great White Shark and divers - Guadalupe Island Mexico ; Cage diving

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© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto

Visualization flow of water in a sponge - Aquarius Reef Base ; Fluorescein dye is used to visualize how water is absorbed at the outside and then exhausted by a sponge.The Caribbean barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta, is a large and common member of the coral reef communities at depths greater than 10 m, and has been called the “redwood of the deep”, due to its up to 2000 year lifespan as well as its size and color. Despite its prominence, high biomass and importance to habitat complexity and reef health, very little is know about the basic biology of this massive sponge, including rates of mortality and recruitment, reproduction, growth and age. Like reef corals, this sponge is subject to bleaching and subsequent mortality.
With support from NOAA's Aquarius Reef Base at UNCW, NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, a research group has been monitoring populations of X. muta in the Florida Keys since 1997.

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Scuba Diver and Spiral Wire Coral Cenderawasih Bay Indonesia

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Beluga and diver under the ice White Sea Karelia Russia

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The Great Blue Hole Belize ; Abyss formed by a geological collapse, 480 feet deep and 1000 feet wide. It is a world-renowned scuba diving site.
Location: Lighthouse Reef, Belize.

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Spiral wire coral and scuba diver Maldives Indian Ocean

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Diver above a humpback whale off the coast of Rurutu ; We had been diving for more than two hours with this whale which had only one idea, playing with us. Eric Leborgne went above her, offered, and I took this picture. Yves Lefèvre [AT]

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Scuba divers encircled by Bigeye Trevallies (Caranx sexfasciatus), blue water, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean, Asia

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Werck. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar three-engine plane intentionally sunk in 2019. In addition to being a great attraction for divers, these sunken structures (generally ships, but also planes, military vehicles...) become artificial reefs helping in the repopulation of the underwater bottoms. This wreck is located in the Red Sea, at a depth of between 18 and 31 meters. Aqaba, Jordan.

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Werck. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar three-engine plane intentionally sunk in 2019. In addition to being a great attraction for divers, these sunken structures (generally ships, but also planes, military vehicles...) become artificial reefs helping in the repopulation of the underwater bottoms. This wreck is located in the Red Sea, at a depth of between 18 and 31 meters. Aqaba, Jordan.

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Werck. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar three-engine plane intentionally sunk in 2019. In addition to being a great attraction for divers, these sunken structures (generally ships, but also planes, military vehicles...) become artificial reefs helping in the repopulation of the underwater bottoms. This wreck is located in the Red Sea, at a depth of between 18 and 31 meters. Aqaba, Jordan.

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Werck. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar three-engine plane intentionally sunk in 2019. In addition to being a great attraction for divers, these sunken structures (generally ships, but also planes, military vehicles...) become artificial reefs helping in the repopulation of the underwater bottoms. This wreck is located in the Red Sea, at a depth of between 18 and 31 meters. Aqaba, Jordan.

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Twilight zone around S pass, seascape in the middle of the mesophotic zone at a depth of 85 metres, Mayotte

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Sargassum (Sargassum sp). Pollution, waste, plastic. The genus Sargassum is characterized by having gas vesicles known as “aerocysts” that provide them with buoyancy. Thanks to these “balls” of gas, some species of sargassum are able to remain floating on the surface of the ocean for months and the currents end up accumulating them, forming immense aggregations similar to floating islands. In the North Atlantic Ocean is the Sargasso Sea, which receives its name precisely because the presence of these gigantic aggregations on its surface is common. It serves as food, shelter and breeding area for many marine animals, such as crabs, turtles, shrimp and seabirds. At some times of the year it can appear stranded in large numbers on beaches exposed to the current and/or wind. Sometimes they are found mixed with drifting garbage such as ropes, plastics, bottles,... Playa Grande, Punta de Abona. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Sargassum (Sargassum sp). Pollution, waste, plastic. The genus Sargassum is characterized by having gas vesicles known as “aerocysts” that provide them with buoyancy. Thanks to these “balls” of gas, some species of sargassum are able to remain floating on the surface of the ocean for months and the currents end up accumulating them, forming immense aggregations similar to floating islands. In the North Atlantic Ocean is the Sargasso Sea, which receives its name precisely because the presence of these gigantic aggregations on its surface is common. It serves as food, shelter and breeding area for many marine animals, such as crabs, turtles, shrimp and seabirds. At some times of the year it can appear stranded in large numbers on beaches exposed to the current and/or wind. Sometimes they are found mixed with drifting garbage such as ropes, plastics, bottles,... Playa Grande, Punta de Abona. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Divers and UW photographer with Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) at Monad Shoal off Malapascua Island, Philippines.

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Scuba diver watching and photographing Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) with old fishing hook in the mouth at Monad Shoal off Malapascua Island, Philippines.

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Scuba diver and Elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) Monad Shoal off Malapascua Island, Philippines.

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Scuba diver and Elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) Monad Shoal off Malapascua Island, Philippines.

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Freediving photographer taking a photograph of a young humpback whale in the Indian Ocean - South Africa - off Port Saint-Johns

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Mouth of the S-shaped channel with its ramparts and vertical drop-offs. Mayotte

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Anemone and twoband anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus). Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal (October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

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Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal (October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

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Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal (October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

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Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal (October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

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Tentacled flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps). Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal (October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.

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Black-side hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri). Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal (October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.