Underwater Photos That Will Take Your Breath Away
Simply amazing.
Underwater Photos That Will Take Your Breath Away
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Oahu, HawaiiEarth's landscapes offer much to behold — but it's equally stunning, in an entirely different way, under the surface of the sea.
In the depths of our oceans (and lakes and rivers), you'll find extraordinary creatures and settings so striking, they don't look like they're from our planet at all.
Here, we're sharing some of our favorite underwater pictures, taken off the coasts of Australia, Mexico, Hawaii and beyond. It's the next best thing to donning a wetsuit and diving in yourself.
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Diving in the Cave of Swallows in Aquismón, Mexico
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The common stingaree, a species of stingray, swimming beneath a wave in Australia's Jervis Bay
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Feeling small in the presence of sharks in the Bahamas
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Shrimp gathering en masse off the coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula
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Humpback whales swimming off the coast of the Vava'u islands in Tonga
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Catching a rainbow in Oahu, Hawaii
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Fish spitting water off Lord Howe Island in New South Wales, Australia
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A jellyfish meeting the sunset-colored horizon off the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia
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Voyaging through cenotes in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
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Braving a tornado of barracudas in Papa New Guinea
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Blue jellyfish making its way to the clouds near England's Scilly Islands
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Schools of silverside fish swimming beneath a canopy of trees at Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba
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Traveling upside down through an underwater plane wreck near the Jordanian port city of Aqaba
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Seeing the light off Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman
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Diving at Ewens Ponds in South Australia
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Staring into the abyss at Avoca Beach in Australia
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Swimming with a school of fish in the Cave of Swallows
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Seals getting playful off Montague Island in Alaska
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Clownfish family clowning around in the Pacific Ocean between the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea
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Kayaking at sunset in Papua, Indonesia
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Going for a swim off the coast of Hawaii's Waikiki Beach
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Yellow clown goby posing for photos in Sanur, Bali
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Swimming through a vortex of bait fish in the Cave of Swallows
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Drifting past a fish farm in Oahu, Hawaii
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Hanging out underwater in Cancun, Mexico
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Finding solitude beneath the sun-dappled sea in Oahu, Hawaii
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Befriending sea turtles in Oahu, Hawaii
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Getting close to a jellyfish off Cocos Island, Costa Rica
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Shallow-water swimming in Slovenia's Lake Jasna
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Horse galloping through the water off the island of Comino in Malta
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Seals playing in Antarctica
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Photographing birds from the sea at the Pearl and Hermes Atoll in Hawaii
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Penguins walking atop an iceberg in the Antarctic Paulet Island
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Starfish beneath the Northern Lights in Teriberka, Russia
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Lemon sharks patrolling the seas in the Bahamas
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Beginning the descent in Oahu, Hawaii
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Spending time with a nurse shark in Bimini
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Catching the wave (on film) at Australia's Blackhead Beach
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Diving beneath a wave at Bronte Beach near Sydney, Australia
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Getting ready to surf at Bronte Beach
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Divers exploring Aqaba's underwater military museum
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Pausing for a break in the Adriatic Sea near Bovec, Slovenia
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The sun shining through a snakelocks anemone off the Scilly Islands
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Turtles swimming with a jellyfish off the east coast of Australia
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