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Navy Dives at WWII Plane Wreck Site; Acrobatic Thresher Shark [Links We Like]

by Kristen Heptinstall
 
Scuba Diving Magazine
Jupiter Dive Site
flyingmag.com

Navy divers are off the coast of Jupiter, Fla., investigating a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft lying upside down about 185 feet below the water’s surface. The aircraft was first spotted several months ago by a group of divers on a routine tech dive. [flyingmag.com: Article | Gallery]

Marine researcher Scott Sheehan first assumed it was a mammal of the Flipper variety when he saw a object launch itself out of the water. Turns out it wasn't a dolphin, but a thresher shark -- the only shark that uses its tail to herd and stun its prey. [dailytelegraph.com.au: article and photos]

It's a virtual photographer's paradise -- Indonesia's Lembeh and Raja Ampat. Try to count the colors in these beautiful underwater photos -- your mind will be boggled. [sportdiver.com: article and photos]