Posts tagged underwater
"Got Muck?" An astonishing dive video, filmed up-close and macro in the Lembeh Strait

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/54105345 w=700&h=390] Muck diving gets its name from the conditions - sediment and mud and so on. Calm and shallow, but low visibility, but then it's the muck that makes it interesting, as it's the perfect habitat for unusual, exotic and juvenile organisms that make their homes in the sediment and "trash" that compose a muck dive. Creatures like colorful nudibranchs, anglerfish, shrimp, blue-ringed octopus, and rare pygmy seahorses.

Lembeh Strait is near Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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Khaled Sultani, who made this, says: "Lembeh Strait diving - simply one of the best place in the world for muck diving and macro photo+videography. Shot with Sony Cx550 with Light & Motion housing; with sola lights."

The song is "The awakening of a woman" by Cinematic Orchestra.

Pic of the week: Francine the bubble queen

These pictures were taken at the first ever King Of The Bubble contest, which requires contestants to produce the largest, clearest, longest-lasting and most perfectly rounded rings. It's a specially-built pool in Brussels, Belgium, 100ft deep (the deepest in the world).

The eventual winner, beating nine finalists, was 31-year-old Francine Kreiss, from Hyeres in France (above).

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