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Wordless Wednesday : Anchor Chain
Image captured with a Panasonic Lumix GH5 and edited with Lumiar 4.
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What’s It Like To Paint Underwater?
Recently, I was on a liveaboard dedicated to scuba diving in the Red Sea. The ship offered underwater painting instruction by a talented dive instructor and underwater artist, Olga Nikitina. Olga earned a degree in Interior Design from Ulyanovsk State University in 2006 and in 2008 she became a scuba diver. In 2015, Olga became…
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More Sharks
If you haven’t noticed, I love diving with sharks. Sharks are one of the most misunderstood creatures in the ocean which humans senselessly kill at an unsustainable rate. Below are a few fun images I’ve captured over the last few years. Bull Sharks circling above, off the coast of Playa del Carmen. Reef Sharks resting…
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Sights and Sounds From Fiji
Images and video from Voli Voli Beach Resort and Waidroka Bay Resort in Fiji.
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Aeolid Nudibranch in Color
The author shares a colorful image of an Aeolid Nudibranch, highlighting its natural purple hue, captured on Fiji’s north coast. This follows a previous black and white presentation of the same subject. The author asks readers for their preference between the two images, inviting engagement in the comments.
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Fuvahmulah – Dive Guides and Scuba Divers
Diving in Fuvahmulah is unlike anywhere else in the Maldives. This isolated island sits directly in the path of powerful Indian Ocean currents, attracting an extraordinary concentration of large pelagic marine life. The dive guides here are central to the whole experience — without their expertise, encounters with Tiger Sharks and other open water species…
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Wordless Wednesday : Sunburst
This photograph was captured along the coast of Fuvahmulah. More images taken in the Maldives can be found here.
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Nudibranch Dumaguete, Philippines Green Turtles Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Water Water Everywhere – Maldives
Inspired by Photos by Jez photo and writing prompts. This challenge is focused on reflections. All images captured in Maldives at a fishing port on an island called Fuvahmulah. The island is 307 miles south of the country’s capital, Malé. Fuvahmulah is about 2.8 miles by 0.75 miles with a submerged reef (Rashikedefaro) extending for about 1.9 miles in a…
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A Lovely Turtle Searching For the Perfect Spot
We are diving a shipwreck in the middle of the Red Sea. We observed the sea turtle moving about the shipwreck. We have a few close encounters and try to maintain our distance. The turtle finally settled on one spot which was captured at the end of this video. Images capture in the Red Sea.…