My first time meeting these gentle creatures impressed me very much. I loved every minute spending with them and so did my family. Their mere being is a very humble experience. Pure! Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA Category: Wide Angle
Manta Ray playing with me in the Socorros Islands. Just amazing how they want to interact with us. Shot with a Canon 7D with a Tokina 10-17 with 2 YS-D1 Sea & Sea Strobes. Location: Socorro Island/Socorros Category: Wide Angle
Blue shark (Prionace glauca), several miles offshore of southern Rhode Island. Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 10.5mm w/Sea & Sea YS90 strobes. Location: Rhode Island Category: Wide Angle
These silversides played in a beam of sunlight at noon. I watched them swim in unison and waited until they formed this ball! It was magical! Location: Devil's Grotto, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Category: Behavior
A freediver breathes up on the surface with the bright sun behind her. This was taken while freediving, lying on my back on the sand at 10m while she prepared for her dive. Location: Malta Category: Divers
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From Bonaire to North Carolina and every dive site along the way, our readers have submitted some incredible images for our 2013 Scuba Diving Photo Contest. While they're not our winners just yet, here are 10 of our favorite shark images ... so far.
These human-assisted habitats act like defibrillation paddles, revving up struggling reefs and reviving declining fish populations from Florida to Indonesia and beyond.
Click to find out more about our May issue "LOOK", taken in a quarry lake in Skane, Southern Sweden.









