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Breathtaking Underwater Photography [14 Pics]

Apr 25 2012

These photos are the winners of University of Miami's annual Underwater Photography contest. Some beautiful creatures live out of reach of our eyes!

Spiraling Underwater View [Wide Angle – First Place] Photo by Mark Fuller.

Beneath an area of red mangroves; South Bimini, Bahamas [Wide Angle – Second Place] Photo by Matthew D. Potenski.

Pink soft corals; Fiji [Wide Angle – Third Place] Photo by Bill Lamp’l.

Headshield slug; US Virgin Islands. [Best overall Photograph] Photo by Ximena Olds.

Procelain crab; Komodo National Park, Indonesia [Macro Photography – Second Place] Photo by Davide Lopresti.

Yellownose gobies; Dutch Caribbean [Macro Photography – First Place] Photo by Todd Mintz.

Ghostly nudibranch; Greece [Fish or Marine Life Portrait – Third Place] Photo by Nicholas Samaras.

Juvenile sperm whale; Dominica Island, Caribbean Sea [Fish or Marine Life Portrait – First Place] Photo by Douglas A. Kahle.

Orange, white and purple Emperor Shrimp; Ambon, Indonesia [Macro Photography – Third Place] Photo by Marcello Di Francesco.

Paddle Flap Rhinopias; Bali, Indonesia [Fish or Marine Life Portrait – Second Place] Photo by Rockford Draper.

Whale Shark; Mujeres, Mexico [Student Photo – First Place] Photo by Kyra Hartog

Spotted Harlequin Shrimp; Similan Islands, Thailand [Student Photo – Second Place] Photo by Phillip Gillette.

A juvenile Tiger Shark and a Lemon Shark; Bahamas [Student Photo – Third Place] Photo by Austin Gallagher

Sea Nettle Jellyfish; Monterey, California [Fan Favourite Award] Photo by Todd Aki.

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