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Split images are popular in recreational scuba magazines, often showing divers swimming beneath a boat, or shallow coral reefs with the shoreline seen in the background. Over/under shots present some technical challenges beyond the scope of most underwater camera systems.
Le Morne Brabant [lə mɔʁn bʁa.bɑ̃] is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.On it is a basaltic monolith of the same name 556 metres (1,824 ft) high.
The site is an excellent example of a pristine coral reef with a spectacular 100-m perpendicular wall, extensive lagoons and two coral islands. [3] In 1999, Ramsar listed Tubbataha as one of the wetlands of international importance. [4] In 2008, the reef was nominated at New7Wonders of Nature. [5]
From the sex lives of pygmy seahorses to parasites living in fish nostrils: these photos tell extraordinary ocean stories Nell Lewis, CNN January 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It is claimed by scientists that over 40% of Belize's coral reef has been damaged since 1998. [1] The Belize Barrier Reef has been affected by mass-bleaching events. The first mass bleaching occurred in 1995, with an estimated mortality of 10 percent of coral colonies, according to a report by the Coastal Zone Management Institute in Belize.
Aquarius is located under 20 m (66 ft) of water at the base of a coral reef within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, an ideal site for studying the health of sensitive coral reefs. The laboratory is most often used by marine biologists for whom Aquarius acts as home base as they study the coral reef, the fish and aquatic plants that ...
The work took Taylor 18 months and 120 hours of working underwater and used 120 tons of concrete, sand, and gravel, 3,800m (2.3 miles ) of fiberglass, and 400 kg (881 lbs ) of silicone. [12] Taylor planted pieces of coral from damaged reefs on some of the first sculptures.
Osprey Reef is a submerged atoll in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Northwestern Group of the Coral Sea Islands. Osprey Reef is roughly oval in shape, measuring 25 by 12 kilometres (16 by 7 mi), and covers around 195 square kilometres (75 sq mi). It has a perimeter of 69.5 kilometres (43.2 mi). [2]