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 Undersea Video Challenge at Stuart's Cove
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 03, 2008 AD - 04:14 PM
September 7 - 14, 2008. In the first ever of it's kind, you can learn to shoot with the professionals in this exciting undersea film making event and competition.
Spending seven days, writing, diving and shooting your own video alongside of the prestigious BBC's Emmy award-winning underwater photographer, Mike Pitts, Producer/ Director Neil Lucas and team. The winning production will be entered at the Bahamas Independant Film Festival, at no charge...
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 Newly designed website for Lady Divers: Miss Scuba.com
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 03, 2008 AD - 04:13 PM
A website with purely the ladies in mind, Miss Scuba, has opened it's pages to female divers everywhere. A source of information from finding female dive instructors, gear experts or diving budies around the world it aimed at connecting female divers to resources...
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 Loggerhead Turtles Returned to the Sea After Washing Ashore
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 03, 2008 AD - 04:13 PM
Two loggerhead turtles were released back in to the water after spending weeks recovering from being washed up on British shores. When the pair were found, one at Devon and one at Cornwall earlier this year, they were suffering from hypothermia and infections. They have been nursed back to health by the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay, Cornwall, and flown to Gran Canaria to be released...
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New Book Release: Wonders of the Sea
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:44 AM
Wonders of the Sea: North Central California's Living Marine Riches is a visual voyage beneath California's near-shore Pacific Ocean. Created by award-winning marine life photographer Marc Shargel, the book is a window onto some of the diverse marine life of California’s North Central Coast. His images allow you to embark upon a voyage of imagination, beyond the crash of waves on rocky shores and long arcing beaches, into the world of life beneath the sea. There you’ll find a rainbow of color and a diversity of forms on a par with the most wondrous biospheres on Earth...
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The British Splash-In Championship - 2008
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:43 AM
Organised by the British Society of Underwater Photographers in association with the National Marine Aquarium, Mount Batten Centre and the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Devon Saturday 12 July 2008
The British Splash-In Championship - 2008, organised by the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) in association with the National Marine Aquarium, will take place on Saturday 12 July at the Mount Batten Centre and the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Devon. All underwater photographers are invited to participate, whether they are members of BSoUP or not...
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Decision to be Made on Captured White Shark
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:43 AM
A baby great white shark which was captured by accident by a commercial fisherman. Measuring four foot and nine inches the baby was taken to a holding pen off Malibu's Paradise Cove where it is receiving constant care and attention...
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15 Million Dollar Donation Given to Smithsonian Ocean Hall
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:43 AM
Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Roger Sant and his wife, Vicki, announced donation of $15 million to the Smtihsonian new Ocean Hall. "I grew up on the oceans in Southern California, but (my interest) got piqued when my wife and I decided to scuba dive about 15 years ago," Roger Sant said. "Once you see the wonderful array of things under the water, you get hooked."...
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Scuba Rangers Play Checkers for Charity
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:42 AM
The Swim School and Scuba Rangers International hosted the annual Underwater Checkers Game at Shreveport on Saturday, to raise money for charity. Twenty four members, aged 8 to 12, took to the water every 30 minutes to play checkers to raise the money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
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Invisible Waves Shape Continental Slope
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:42 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—A class of powerful, invisible waves hidden beneath the surface of the ocean can shape the underwater edges of continents and contribute to ocean mixing and climate, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have found.
The scientists simulated ocean conditions in a laboratory aquarium and found that "internal waves" generate intense currents when traveling at the same angle as that of the continental slope. The continental slope is the region where the relatively shallow continental shelf slants down to meet the deep ocean floor...
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Grand Travers Bay Designated as State Underwater Preserve
Posted by: Cindy on Jul 01, 2008 AD - 09:41 AM
Backers say Preserve will help Tourism and historic protection
Traverse City, Mich.--Grand Traverse Bay and surrounding areas of Lake Michigan have been identified by the State as the 12th Underwater Preserve in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality recently announced the designation...
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