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An Ocean Night Dive

By LazScuba Diving Journal

To the uninitiated, the thought of jumping feet first into the black, inky darkness of the ocean at night ranks high on the list of things NOT to do. It...

April 16, 2012

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Batoidea: Batoids, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchs: Elasmobranchii, FL, Fishes, Florida, Marine Life, Rajiformes, Rays and Skates, Skates: Rajidae, USA, United States, behavior, benthic, benthos, bottom, clearnose skate: Raja eglanteria, copyrighted, floor, marine, ocean, sand, scuba, scuba diving, sea floor, underwater, underwater photo, walking

The “Walking” Elasmobranch

By LazScuba Diving Journal

One of the most difficult tasks of a wildlife filmmaker is the patience required to capture the right moment. Inspired by my friends who had filmed a pair of seahorses...

April 15, 2012

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Expect the Unexpected

By LazScuba Diving Journal

Expect the unexpected — these are the words I use to describe diving in Palm Beach, Florida. This hidden ocean oasis with its vast number of reefs, wrecks, and a...

April 28, 2010

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Arthropods: Arthropoda, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Decapods: Decapoda, Fishes, Invertebrates, Malacostraceans: Malacostracea, Marine Life, Tube Blennies: Chaenopsidae, blue-eye hermit crab: Paguristes sanguinimanus, bluethroat pikeblenny: Chaenopsis ocellata, close up, copyrighted, horizontal, landscape, marine, muck, ocean, underwater, underwater photo

Sandy Plain of Peacefulness

By LazNature Writing, Scuba Diving Journal

I sometimes think to myself what is it about scuba diving that I enjoy so much and why after fourteen years every submersion still has the same degree of excitement....

December 7, 2009

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With a Little Patience

By LazScuba Diving Journal

I recently had the wonderful privilege to meet two wonderful film makers, Howard and Michelle Hall, after watching their latest IMAX film — Under the Sea 3D. This spectacular IMAX...

March 7, 2009

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080829, 37 - 48 inches, Cheloniidae, Marine Life, Reptiles, Reptilia, Sea Turtles: Testudines, adult, brown, close up, copyrighted, curious, face, head, heavy body, horizontal, landscape, loggerhead turtle: loggerhead: Carreta carreta, marine, mature, ocean, reptile, symbiotic relationship, underwater, underwater photo, yellow

Masseur for Hire

By LazScuba Diving Journal

My eye peered through the eye-piece of my underwater camera as I focused intently on the tiny creature before me. All my attention was set on capturing the perfect moment....

August 29, 2008

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080816, Beaded Sea Star, Florida Pricklycockle, adult, close up, copyrighted, defense, disk / oval, echinoderm, horizontal, hunting, jumping / leaping, landscape, macro, mature, mollusk, muck, orange, sand

The Ocean’s Holy Grail

By LazNature Writing, Scuba Diving Journal

I recently found myself hovering in one spot no larger than five feet by five feet for over two and a half hours the other day in my unyielding desire...

August 16, 2008

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080307, 1 -3 inches, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Combtooth Blennies: Blenniidae, Fishes, Marine Life, Seaweed Blenny, adult, body - partial, copyrighted, egg laying, female, fish, guarding eggs, horizontal, landscape, macro, male, marine, mating, mature, muck, nesting, ocean, seaweed blenny: Parablennius marmoreus, sloping head, spawning, underwater, underwater photo, vertebrates

An Ocean Romance

By LazScuba Diving Journal

Today’s dive was quite unique as most dives normally tend to be. While cruising around one of my favorite dive sites in search of some squid eggs I had seen...

March 7, 2008

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