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Scubapro Go BCD

Scubapro Go BCD
Scubapro Go BCD

Designed to travel, the Scubapro Go BCD is front adjustable, lightweight, soft and foldable as a padded air-net ergonomic backpack, featuring integrated front weight pockets, two large quick-draining cargo pockets, two octo pockets, and Scubapro’s user-friendly Quick Cinch tank buckle system, which adjusts easily and fits any tank size.

SeaLife Introduces New Micro 3.0 Pro Dual Beam Underwater Camera Set

The Micro 3.0 camera is combined with the new Sea Dragon Pro Dual Beam, which includes a wide and narrow beam for creative lighting options.

The Micro 3.0 is the latest and third generation of if its popular permanently sealed Micro camera series. The camera is leak-proof with no O-rings to lube or maintain, so there is never a worry about flooding the camera.

DAN and Indonesia Ministry of Tourism Advance Commitment to Safe Diving

DAN President and CEO Bill Ziefle and COO Panchabi Vaithiyanathan met with Indonesia Minister of Tourism Dr. Sandiaga Uno on September 1 to further the two organizations’ Partnership to Promote Diving Safety.

The meeting took place in Jakarta amid the opening of Deep and Extreme Indonesia, Asia’s largest outdoor adventure, diving, and marine tourism show, and followed the signing of a memorandum of understanding earlier this year in which the organizations committed to working together to promote safe diving.

Macroalgae such as Sargassum weed are an important dietary component for whale sharks
Macroalgae such as Sargassum weed are an important dietary component for whale sharks

Whale sharks also eat veggies

Australian marine scientists have discovered that the massive whale shark also eats plants, making it officially the largest omnivore on Earth. 

As the evolution of a very large body size requires a ubiquitous and abundant source of food, the consumption of plants could present an energetic challenge for these animals unless some components can be digested.

Papua New Guinea's Kimbe Bay in West New Britain

White bonnet anemonefish in anemone at North Ema's Reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Photo by Pierre Constant
White bonnet anemonefish in anemone at North Ema's Reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Kimbe Bay, located in the West New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, is open to visitors again after two years of pandemic restrictions. What awaits are beautiful dive sites, diverse marine life and coral reefs with great fish action. Pierre Constant shares his adventure there.

UW Photo: Compositing

Diver Space­scape, composite by John A. Ares
Diver Space­scape, composite by John A. Ares

We take photographs for different reasons: to identify the sea life we find, for the sheer pleasure of making images, or perhaps as a method of personal expression. It is the latter, personal expression, that leads us to the creation of art. John A. Ares discusses the creative use of compositing in postproduction.