X-Ray Mag #59
Features in this issue
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Breaking the Chain
ImagesLast year I was invited to deliver a lecture at the Oztek show in Sydney, Australia. I spoke on the topic “What Makes a Good Technical Diver”, and one particular point I covered on accident avoidance drew a very positive response and provoked a number of questions from the audience.
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Gary Gentile —Deep Wreck Diver
ImagesMichael MendunoGary GentileGary Gentile not only helped pioneer deep wreck diving, but also documented its art and craft, in addition to his finds so that others may follow in his footsteps.
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Ghost fishing: Can we prevent it?
ImagesTom Boyd, Shingo IshidaThere are certain images of marine life that consistently conjure up a predicted response from the general public, whether they are scuba divers or not.
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Indonesia's Gorontalo
Barely beaten tracks are an increasingly rare find for travellers in this ever more accessible world. Yet on the shores of Tomini Bay on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi, one such place still exists.
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Listeners, Watchers & Doers
ImagesKate ClarkIs it the agency or the instructor that’s important?
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Mars the Magnificent: 16th Century Swedish Warship
ImagesCarl Douglas, Ingemar Lundgren,Richard Lundgren, Thomasz Stachura,Mattias VendlegårdThe Swedish warship Mars, otherwise known as Makalös (peerless), sank in a sea battle during the Northern Seven Years War in 1564.
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Michael Frank Portfolio
Inspired by the magical ambience in the works of early American artists painting scenes with great attention to detail, color and dramatic light, Michael Frank works layer upon layer on canvas to produce brilliant underwater scenes echoing the sumptuous yet mysterious nature of marine life on reefs and in rivers and streams.
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Mirrorless Cameras & Wide-Angle
ImagesIn this article, the final one in the series, I will explain my personal experience with wide-angle underwater photography using the Olympus OM-D EM-5 camera.
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Miskito Cays
Following six flights, two nights and a 30-hour boat trip, I found myself approaching a relatively uncharted group of small coral cays about 60km off the northeast coast of Honduras, not far from the Nicaraguan border.
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Namibian Sinkholes
Who could imagine for a minute that Namibia is a diving destination?
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Precision control of light: Sensational Snoots
ImagesMike BartickAsk any photographer the one thing they would like to improve in their underwater images and most will likely say, “The lighting.” Lighting in photography is everything and shooting underwater often requires the photographer to read the ambient light and to create durable images on the fly.
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Richard Lundgren: The Man From Mars
You could say that Richard Lundgren’s destiny was cast when his parents took the precocious, then eight-year-old Swedish schoolboy to visit the Vasa Museum in Stockholm.
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South Africa: Sardine Run & Cage Diving
ImagesAndrey Bizyukin, Morne HardenbergThe world in one country is an oft-used quote to describe South Africa and is not unwarranted. Along with dramatic scenery and a rich cultural heritage, it is a nation renowned for its diversity of ecosystems and wildlife.
However, its undersea environs rival the terrestrial abundance. From northern subtropical reefs to the chilly waters of the cape, South Africa offers a wealth of marine life few nations can rival.
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The Basking Shark
ImagesFirst scientifically described by Gunnerus in 1765 from a specimen in Norway, there is an earlier published reference to the shark in 1739 in Ireland.
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Washington State's Hood Canal
ImagesBarb RoyOver ten years have past since my last dive in Hood Canal. I’m not sure why, probably because I’ve been so focused on exploring the pristine waters of British Columbia that the extra effort of driving so far south has always deterred me. But when Adventures Down Under, a dive shop in Bellingham, invited me to join their group for a Hood Canal dive charter, I was too curious to say anything but yes.
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Why you should never go diving with an idiot
ImagesSteve LewisBeing swept along on this technical diving thing, has been a long, somewhat twisted, but definitely entertaining journey. If you and I had met when the whole affair started, we could not possibly have envisioned how directly and pervasively, what were then radical activities, like cave diving, trimix diving and rebreather diving, would influence the mainstream dive community.
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