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Old 06-22-2012, 08:52 AM
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Some amazing treatment of light and contrast by Dany Weinberg.

















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and at Dany's website at:
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Strange things from the undersea world of Jacques Cousteau ...




The natural reaction of people from the south of France after eating roast ortolan (sparrow-like birds) on an open fire, whole. I understand the bird has become endangered but you would think wolfing these little guys feathers, organs and all would have gone extinct a coons age back. Images from: Cousteau Divers on Facebook



Waiting to spend a penny at the loo or maybe just for the bus.



You can have any color wetsuit you would like, as long as it is silver?



Theater collides with functionality, which one won?



Thank you for all the great images over all those years Captain Cousteau.


* I made the mistake of linking these photos from Facebook. They develop broken photo links in less than two years at times. If it is important, I wouldn't rely solely on FB to keep track of your images. They have lost a ton linked to on here.
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I have had dreams at night like this but never expected to see anything close to it in life. One of my favorites was something resembling the Matterhorn in what must be a few miles of visibility with incredible reef growth and rock forms. Improbable, still Norbert uses some exceptional vertical viz to capture an intriguing sea mount rock form with rays to boot.


"Roundabout by Norbert Probst

I’ve captured this photo at Roca Partida, an volcanic rock who comes up from 2000 meter of depth. Roca Partida (English: Broken Rock) is the smallest of the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico. It is uninhabited, with an area of only 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roca_Partida

This place is famous for extreme clear water and its Pacific Manta Rays (Manta hamiltony) cruising arround the extinct volcano.

Canon EOS 5D, 2.8/15mm Fisheye, SEACAM housing, f11, 1/125, ISO 200, no flash

This picture was published in several publications arround the world.

2002 Views, 07.07.2012"


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Great dive scooter free diving race in Grand Cayman!
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"Bubble Jetting Emperors" by Canadian Paul Nicklen shot in Antarctica

The image won the Underwater Worlds category and the overall title in this year's Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

More background on this in http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19980616




A remarkable polar bear image shot by Paul and published in National Geographic, more at: http://photography.nationalgeographi...-paul-nicklen/



A shot of Paul Nicklen in normal frozen climes.

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"Published on Jan 9, 2013
Shot 100% on the new Dive Housing & HD HERO2® camera from http://GoPro.com

The Director's Cut dives deeper into the world of a bird and a fish, Roberta Mancino and Mark Healey. This story was collaboratively created on-site in the Bahamas over 5 days, capturing over 150 hours of footage.

Directed and Edited: Bradford Schmidt and Brandon Thompson

Camera: Andy Casagrande, Mark Healey, Roberta Mancino and Bradford Schimidt

Learn more about the new GoPro Dive Housing: http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/dive-housing/"


From:
Exclusive interview with Roberta Mancino, http://www.enthuzed.com/exclusive-in...berta-mancino/


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Andy and Emma Casagrande for their filming talents.

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I did a dive on the Sea Emperor aka Aqua Zoo a week or so back. Here are some images that came out of it. Brian Gagas of Gold Coast Scuba had a graduating class of scuba divers out who show up below and in the video. Congratulations! There was nice blue water visibility this morning, around a hundred feet. Unfortunately the overhead light was a bit low challenging the shooting a bit despite the excellent viz.

Captain Aria does a cameo in the video clip while hauling my camera rig and dive scooter aboard, multifaceted! Thanks to the expert, congenial and helpful crew of South Florida Diving Headquarters as always.



Brian's students near the bow of the 171 ft. by 45 ft. barge. I put an inset of myself on there (from yet another dive) to tie things into scooter free diving. The inverted hopper barge has the nice twin slits in the bottom (top) of the hull allowing convenient egress should the need arise.








Brian works on some skills on the sand with the students.


Images shot with a GoPro Hero 3 Black camera.



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A Hellcat fighter found in 245 ft. of water off Miami Beach, FL.


http://www.marinelink.com/news/disco...aft351615.aspx

"F6F Hellcat WWII-Era Aircraft Discovered off Coast of Florida
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

OceanGate Inc. discovers Grumman F6F Hellcat off the coast of Miami using manned submersible, 2D and 3D sonar technologies.

OceanGate discovered a World War II-era Grumman F6F Hellcat plane off the coast of Miami Beach. The plane was found during one of an ongoing series of dives in which OceanGate has been using its Teledyne BlueView high-frequency sonar and high-definition photo and video equipment to gather data pertaining to the artificial reefs in Miami-Dade County waters. Recognizing the potential historical and military significance of the find, OceanGate contacted officials at both the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Navy, who identified the wreck as a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft. “The discovery of this artifact is significant because it helps us reflect on and learn more about our country’s heritage, but also because it highlights the key role that direct observation plays in undersea exploration,” said Stockton Rush, co-founder and CEO of OceanGate. “Our sonar technology and ability to observe the undersea environment first-hand ultimately led to the discovery of this plane.”"

Continued at: http://www.marinelink.com/news/disco...aft351615.aspx

Some color video of the wreck in place on the bottom. There are a ton of lionfish on it.





http://www.oceangate.com/submarine-e...xpedition.html



Wonder if this grouper has taken a liking to lionfish? Likely not but we can hope so.
http://www.oceangate.com/oceangate-p...ery-miami.html



A dry sub dive on the aircraft
http://www.oceangate.com/oceangate-p...ery-miami.html



"A flight of four (4) F6F-5P Hellcat USNR aircraft of NARTU Columbus, OH, VF-695, are in flight over Miami, FL.1950"
http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...c.php?p=483724



"Four (4) Hellcat, F6F-3 aircraft of VF-1 are in flight over Hawaii."
http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...c.php?p=483724

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Just found this post from a few years back in another part of the site.

Here's a few more from the Wreck of the Poulson in Grand Cayman.




Simon drops down




Skating along by the bow




A look aft




Snapper n eels




Simon cruises on



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