News about underwater photography and environment preservation, informations and curiosities about marine critters and much more.
Dharavandhoo is a small Maldivian fishermen’s island, located in the Baa Atoll, about 120 kilometers north of Male. Since a small airport was built, you can reach it in twenty minutes flight from the capital. It is situated near the bay of Hanifaru, Unesco heritage site since 2009, where, from… Continue reading
The Bimini atoll consists of two islands connected one another by a boat service that has roughly the frequency of a subway ride at a big city: North Bimini, which is the center of local life, and South Bimini, less inhabited and characterized by long kilometers of beaches, deserted and… Continue reading
The Wrasse family is a large and diverse group of fishes with many incredibly interesting traits. From their nocturnal methods of protection to their ability to change sexes when needed, the wrasse is a fish worth checking out. If you are reading this article, hopefully you have had a chance… Continue reading
About 75 percent of the coasts of our planet is occupied by the sands. Resulting from erosion or other volcanic or geological phenomena in general, the debris are transported to the sea by rivers and accumulate so and to varying degrees according to the locality. In some areas, such as… Continue reading
To Pee or Not to Pee, that is the Jellyfish question. Before I go into the fascinating facts about this critters, I figured I’d answer the most important question of all. Will it help if someone urinates on my Jellyfish sting? The answer to this is NO, this is not… Continue reading
We can’t say HONDURAS is unknown to scuba divers. Roatan is known and so is Utila, both of them dive locations that do attract scuba divers, mostly from the US, and do provide plenty of dive centers and all the dive logistics, keen divers do expect. And then there are… Continue reading
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As we see in [Part 1] The Papua New Guinea is one of the most interesting goal for divers and not just for them, perhaps because we have always seen it in all those beautiful photos of professional photographers or perhaps because for each one of us Europeans being so far… Continue reading
The island of Marettimo is part of the Egadi archipelago, located at the western end of Sicily, in front of Trapani. The archipelago consist also of Favignana (the largest and better known island), Levanzo and the smaller islands of Formica and Maraone. The whole territory is a protected marine area.… Continue reading
When speaking of echinoderms, i.e., that group of sea animals usually equipped with “thorns on the skin”, we refer generally to the well-known sea urchins and starfishes. Just a few, instead, know that also crinoids (a.k.a. sea lilies), sea cucumbers and a special kind of “starfish”, if you really want… Continue reading
The Papua New Guinea is definitely one of the most interesting goal for divers and not just for them, perhaps because we have always seen it in all those beautiful photos of professional photographers or perhaps because for each one of us Europeans being so far away makes itself even… Continue reading
