Underwater Photography News

The final phase of Jason deCaires Taylor's monumental project “Museo Atlantico”, in Lanzarote, Spain is now completed and officially inaugurated on the 10th of January 2017 by the President of the island, Pedro San Gines. 

Consisting of over 300 works spread over 12 installations, it is the first time Taylor has installed  large-scale architectural works. The new installations include a 100 Ton 30m long wall, an underwater botanical sculpture garden referencing local flora and fauna, and a colossal formation of over 200 life size-human figures in a gyre.

In 2009, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California sent an ROV (remote operated vehicle), on multiple dives of the waters of California and Hawaii which reached the depths of 6,700 feet.  They have recently released the video taken from those dives, and they have captured something incredible.  They have filmed a Ghost Shark which is also known as Chimaeras.  Ghost sharks are dead-eyed, winged-finned fish and they don’t have ragged rows of teeth; that resides at great depths and no sunlight can penetrate.  It is believed that they have been

Scubashooters.net is a community composed of amateur and professional photographers binded by their passion for underwater photography.  Having this passion, they came up with creating monthly contests in order to showcase the beauty of the underwater world.  They have been organizing more than 20 monthly contests and partnering up with sponsors all over the world.  

Deepblu has just announced the launch of their online social network - an expansion of their current iOS and Android social app. The platform is a fun community where divers to sync underwater photos and videos with their digital dive log profile and then share with friends. It makes it fun to see the photos and where in the dive they were captured. Deep water, shallow water, temperature and more.

Deepblu is also starting a Christmas Competition, where users can enter to win COSMIQ dive computers and Deepblu gift certificates.

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