Photo of the Day : Underwater
(112 photos)
Coral Reef, Red Sea
Photo of the Day, March 21, 2012
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Rarely visited, the reefs off Saudi Arabia in the ...
Whale Shark, New Guinea
Photo of the Day, February 2, 2012
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"Suddenly he just jumped in!" says photographer Michael Aw. Sarmin Tangadji ...
Submerged Plane, Bahamas
Photo of the Day, January 11, 2012
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While island hopping around the Bahamas in a Cessna C172 aircraft ...
Swimmer, Coogee Beach
Photo of the Day, December 28, 2011
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A swimmer stretches out to avoid the ...
Great White Shark and Divers
Photo of the Day, December 17, 2011
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Cage divers are confronted by a great ...
Octopus, Italy
Photo of the Day, December 15, 2011
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Despite the strong human presence on the ...
Ocean Air Bubble
Photo of the Day, December 2, 2011
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An air bubble ascending from the ocean ...
Manatee, Florida
Photo of the Day, October 30, 2011
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A manatee swims in a freshwater spring ...
Seahorse, Honduras
Photo of the Day, October 28, 2011
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Snorkeling under a nightclub in Roatán, Honduras ...
Lemon Shark, Bahamas
Photo of the Day, October 25, 2011
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A lemon shark pup swims among mangrove ...
Marine Catfish, Japan
Photo of the Day, October 20, 2011
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A school of juvenile marine catfish masses ...
Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Bahamas
Photo of the Day, October 18, 2011
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An oceanic whitetip shark and diver swim ...
Ice Canopy, Japan
Photo of the Day, October 14, 2011
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A diver explores an ice canopy off ...
Clown Anemonefish, Indonesia
Photo of the Day, October 12, 2011
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Clown anemonefish nestle amid the tentacles of ...
Bushman, Botswana
Photo of the Day, October 5, 2011
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Sunlight and shadows highlight a river Bushman ...
Sharks, Bahamas
Photo of the Day, September 19, 2011
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Shooting over/under photos is ...
Neptune Memorial Reef, Florida
Photo of the Day, August 24, 2011
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Tomtate grunts and yellowtail snapper swim through Neptune Memorial ...
Steller Sea Lions, British Columbia
Photo of the Day, August 20, 2011
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Since gaining legal protection in the 1970s, Steller sea ...
Sea Stars, British Columbia
Photo of the Day, August 4, 2011
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Purple sea stars and eelgrass flourish in the waters ...
Parrotfish, Great Barrier Reef
Photo of the Day, July 18, 2011
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The clownish grin of a bridled parrotfish reveals its power tools ...
Cave Diving, Yucatan Peninsula
Photo of the Day, June 15, 2011
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I have been a cave diver since 1997, and I ...
Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico
Photo of the Day, March 18, 2011
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In the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in ...
Sunken Ship, Key Largo
Photo of the Day, March 13, 2011
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Upholstered with luminous sponges and corals, the bridge of ...
Spadefish, Bonin Islands
Photo of the Day, March 7, 2011
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Hunting for morsels of plankton, a school of spadefish ...
Green Anemone, Vancouver Island
Photo of the Day, February 18, 2011
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Diving Browning Passage at the northern end of Vancouver Island, British ...
Mediterranean Sea
Photo of the Day, February 11, 2011
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Feel the sea, the silence, the blue, the liberty. Mediterranean Sea ...
Alaska King Crab
Photo of the Day, February 1, 2011
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Underneath the ice, spikes meet spikes as an Alaska king crab ...
Anemones and Soft Corals
Photo of the Day, November 29, 2010
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Vibrant anemones and soft corals are part of the ecosystem in ...
Great White Shark
Photo of the Day, November 17, 2010
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Great white sharks may well be the planet’s most ...
Whale Shark, Australia
Photo of the Day, November 14, 2010
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Huge, docile whale sharks live in oceans around the world ...
Jellyfish, Palau
Photo of the Day, November 10, 2010
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Migration Photos
Each day five million jellyfish glide across the surface of ...
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