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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
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Lesser noddy (Anous tenuirostris) landed on my dive buddy Virgilio, Maldives, Indian Ocean
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BARRACUDA (Sphyraena viridensis). Barracuda school with diver. Tenerife, underwater bottoms of the Canary Islands.
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© 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.
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
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
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Underground diver descending into the first well of the Buèges spring, Hérault, France
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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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© 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.
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, South Africa, Indian Ocean.
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Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus orientalis). A diver hiding behind a school of Oriental sweetlips , Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus orientalis). A diver hiding behind a school of Oriental sweetlips , Mayotte
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(Mnemiopsis leidyi), the warty comb jelly or sea walnut. Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© 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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
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
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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,
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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.
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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.
© Gérard Soury / Biosphoto
Schoal of Sardinellas and diver - Cebu Philippines
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Diver and Blue Shark - South Africa ; Diver stroking Lorenzini bulbs on the muzzle of a blue shark
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Diver and Blue Shark - South Africa ; Diver stroking Lorenzini bulbs on the muzzle of a blue shark
© Brandon Cole / Biosphoto
Diver into the light shining down through a cenote opening
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Great White Shark and divers - Guadalupe Island Mexico ; Cage diving
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Great White Shark and divers - Guadalupe Island Mexico ; Cage diving
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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
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
© 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
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Scuba Diver and Spiral Wire Coral Cenderawasih Bay Indonesia
© 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
© Brandon Cole / Biosphoto
© Brandon Cole / Biosphoto
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.
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
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
© Yves Lefèvre / Biosphoto
© Yves Lefèvre / Biosphoto
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
© Norbert Probst / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
© Norbert Probst / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
Scuba divers encircled by Bigeye Trevallies (Caranx sexfasciatus), blue water, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean, Asia
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Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelagicus, Malalpascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelagicus, Malalpascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
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Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelagicus, Malalpascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelagicus, Malalpascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
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Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelagicus, Malalpascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelagicus, Malalpascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
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Tree alcyonarian (Litophyton arboreum) and diver, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Tree alcyonarian (Litophyton arboreum) and diver, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
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A winter visitor enters an underground cellar via its access staircase. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.
© Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
© Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
A winter visitor enters an underground cellar via its access staircase. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Cyclone Chido damage to coral in Mayotte (December 2024)
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Cyclone Chido damage to coral in Mayotte (December 2024)
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Cyclone Chido damage to coral in Mayotte (December 2024)
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Cyclone Chido damage to coral in Mayotte (December 2024)
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Rebreather diver watching a rock covered with Yellow Cluster Anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae), Ventimiglia, Italy, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Rebreather diver watching a rock covered with Yellow Cluster Anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae), Ventimiglia, Italy, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Divers in the Silfra fault, Thingvellir, Iceland
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Clonal plumose anemone (Metridium senile), Iceland
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Divers in the Silfra fault, Thingvellir, Iceland
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Divers in the Silfra fault, Thingvellir, Iceland
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Scuba diver with Mediterranean slipper lobster, (Scyllarides latus), Stupiste In dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver with Mediterranean slipper lobster, (Scyllarides latus), Stupiste In dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
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Scuba diver observing a Triton shell (Charonia variegata) Komiza, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver observing a Triton shell (Charonia variegata) Komiza, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
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Scuba diver face to face with a great rockfish, (Scorpaena scrofa), Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver face to face with a great rockfish, (Scorpaena scrofa), Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
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Scuba diver and Conger eel, (Conger conger) on Teti wreck a merchant cargo ship. Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver and Conger eel, (Conger conger) on Teti wreck a merchant cargo ship. Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
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Scuba diver and tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine). Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver and tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine). Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean