Family Vacation Travel Tips for Scuba Divers

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Family Dive Travel Some people stop scuba diving when they become parents, but those in the know get their kids blowing bubbles and dive in year after year. Scuba diving teaches kids valuable skills like working with a buddy, spacial awareness, and respect for the environment. Not to mention, seeing a turtle, octopus, or other sea creature in […]

Close Focus: The Story Behind the Image

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A Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean. Photo: Alex Mustard Written by Alex Mustard “The old photographic adage that the most important piece of equipment is the nut that holds the camera is particularly true underwater. Not only are you the photographer, you are also the tripod, transport and hide. This places sizeable demands on your diving abilities. Probably the most fundamental advice in these […]

Discovering the Burma Maru

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Guest Post by Tim Lawrence All photos by Mikko Paasi It was a hot sticky night in the Gulf of Thailand. The date, June 12th 1942. The Burma Maru steamed into the night, zigzagging its way along the coast. Most of the young crew were in their quarters at 04:34 hours, unaware of the horrors of war […]