Giant Echizen Jellyfish
1BBC reports about the growing population of giant Echizen jellyfish off the coasts of Japan. The local fishing industry is under threat from this unusual and deadly predator which have already cost millions of Yen to the fishing industry. Warming waters are apparently the main cause in …
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Dozens of Pilot Whales Beached in Florida National Park
Around 30 whales were beached in the Everglades National Park in southwest Florida. Rangers attempted to keep the animals stable until the tide rose enough to allow them to return to sea. Of the ten members of the pod stranded on shore, four had died, …
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French Polynesia Below the Surface
Paul Cangemi has nicely put together a collection of footage shot during his dives in French Polynesia. The short clip gives a good idea of all that can be seen there. Only wide-angle subjects and in large quantity, worst to see! I can’t wait to …
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Seahorse Live Prey Capture – Incredible!
Seahorses are notoriously slow, but scientists have learned that their unique shape allows them to overcome this limitation. Despite their cute and unpretentious, seahorses are actually serious killers. The morphology of their head hydrodynamically aids in capture of evasive prey. The researchers who conducted the …
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Shark Warrior, Lesley Rochat, on CBS Omg! Insider
Shark Warrior, Lesley Rochat, was interviewed for CBS Omg! Insider show broadcasted in the USA on Nov. 26th 2013. Lesley will lead shark conservation expeditions in South Africa, in June-July 2014. You can join these expeditions. More information can be found here: Sardine Run and Big Sharks …
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Rescued from the Sunken Vessel Jascon 4
Harrison Okene was the only survivor in the sunken vessel Jascon 4, off Nigeria coasts. He was rescued rescued by divers very precociously because he stayed deep for a long time. The divers had to make sure that Harrison would not get any decompression illness when …
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Betrayal
Members of BlueSphere Foundation went to the Tonga Islands, last September with cinematographer Shawn Heinrichs to shoot the movie Betrayal. Shawn Heinrichs is the well-known producer of the recent movie “Mantas Last Dance” The short film was done to raise awareness of the plight of the …
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Making of an Image by Johannes Felten
I sometimes prefer to make photo-reportages showing underwater photographers at work, rather than going out to take pictures of the sea-life itself. During the last Red Sea shoot-out, I had the chance to take part in some underwater photo productions with famous photographers. The first, Viktor …
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Sea of Love
This movie was filmed by Pawel Achtel. Originally in 3D, bute here’s the 2D version. You will appreciate here a moving waltz between humpback whales in Tonga. The clip is ending surprisingly with an amazing jump of one of the whales, seen from below the …
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Dead Sea Diving in ScubaDiver AustralAsia – Issue #3-2013
ScubaDiver AustralAsia has published one of my Dead Sea underwater pictures on a double page, in the March 2013 issue. I have received it only now because of very sad news. Diego Garcia used to be ScubaDiverAA Chief Editor and was very appreciated. Unfortunately, in …
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