Ghost from the Deep: The Giant Squid – First footage alive in a French Documentary
1The French TV channel “Arte” has broadcasted on January 10th, 2013 this documentary showing the first giant squid ever been seen alive in its own environment. The research team included 35 scientists from 11 countries and was led by Japanese specialist, Professor Tsunemi Kubodera. The …
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The Mermaid of Grand Cayman
The Mermaid Amphitrite is a 9 foot/2.75 meter tall bronze statue carved by the Canadian sculptor Simon Morris and stands at a depth of 55 feet/17 meters in Grand Cayman. Underwater cameraman Frans de Backer had the great idea to create this artistic clip by making the nice mermaid …
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Phototeam.Pro – Extreme Underwater Photography Projects
When journalists asked Marilyn Monroe in 1952, “What do you wear when you go to bed?” she answered “Five drops of Chanel No 5”. Natalia Avseenko is another beautiful woman who wears approximately the same outfit as Marilyn did, but only when she’s going to …
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Dancing with Sharks
This documentary realized by Jérôme Espla in 2009 on free-divers with sharks is in French and really worth to be seen, even if you don’t understand. Images are outstanding and the message is clear. Five lethal shark attacks per year in the entire world, while hundred millions of …
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Whales Give Dolphins a Lift
Scientists in Hawai, watched dolphins very close to the heads of whales. The whales lifted the dolphins up and out of the water. The two species seemed to cooperate in the activity, and did not show any signs of aggression or distress. In Hawaiian waters, whales and dolphins often interact, but such …
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Dolphins form life raft to help dying friend
A group of dolphins created a living “raft” to help keep a dying dolphin afloat in the East Sea, South Korea. Eventually the dolphin they where trying to help passed away. It’s the first time that kind of situation showing dolphins working together as a team trying to save one …
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Meeting the Coelacanth, a living fossil
Divers off the coast of South Africa came face to face with a “Living Fossil”, the Coelacanth (from Latin Cœlacanthus “hollow spine”). This 400 million years old species was thought to have disappeared 65 million of years ago but it has been discovered alive in 1938. The discovery shook the scientific …
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La Calypso’s Doctor Passed Away
Denis Martin-Laval (far right on the picture), was for long the doctor aboard Jacques Cousteau’s famous “La Calypso” ship. He passed away at the age of 82 years. He attended many missions alongside the Cousteau team and participated in the shooting of the documentary “The …
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Photo session with naked model at Jellyfish Lake in Palau
It’s always nice to see Todd Essick during a nude model shooting session. This session happened in 2009 while the model was swimming at the famous Jellyfish Lake in Palau. For info, jellifish are not harmful as they don’t have any predators to fear in the lake. Underwater fine art photographer …
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Phantom Springs Cave Expedition 2013
By Liquid Productions, LLC Phantom Springs cave are located in the desert of Texas. It’s known as the deepest natural underwater cave system in the USA as exploration divers have dived up to 462ft/140.8m making a record of it! It’s a closed site and only divers with special scientific permit are allowed …
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