39 unbelievable underwater pictures that will blow your mind

Published on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 by

Post filled in: Feature Post, Great Pics, Oceanography

First of all, I don’t know for sure if any of these are shopped in any way; underwater photography is really really different and personally I don’t know anybody who could sort me out with this, so if you’re sure some of these are fake, please let me know (also, if you know anything about that huge medusa, it would be really great if you shared). If you know of other such photographs, do share them with others.

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  • Shawna

    Thanks for the Love!

  • http://www.sargemarcori.com KD

    Beautiful! I’ve seen a few of those before, but not most of them. The right whale near the bottom with a diver is from National Geographic, I think.

    As the giant medusa, I think the perspective is off, but it’s probably a Nomura’s jellyfish. From Nat. Geographic: “Since last summer, Japanese waters have been inundated with the massive sea creatures, which can grow 6.5 feet (2 meters) wide and weigh up to 450 pounds (220 kilograms).” Wowza!

    Thanks for gathering these!

  • http://shoreline.marshillchurch.org Justin

    Those are amazing. God is creative and detailed in his creative work!

  • http://freemicrosoftpoints.com Jared Stenzel

    I liked the almost see through fish!

  • http://www.blellow.com Mandi Leman

    These are amazing! Excellent collection, thanks so much for putting all of them together. :)

  • Steve

    That Nomura pic is a known fake circulating the webs, but otherwise the pics are cool.

  • Adam

    Justin…you disappoint me.

    A famous Douglas Adams quote comes to mind…

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  • shane

    it’s too bad we have put so much mercury in the oceans, that a lot of marine wildlife is in danger. :/

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  • http://xbox-live-free.blogspot.com/ Lucullan Raishou

    Man, those see through animals are simply too beautiful. Marine wild life is amazing.

  • http://www.kaktus.cc/ Adrenalin

    Since you asked about the medusae, search for “Tioman giant jellyfish” in YouTube to see them float.

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  • http://www.greatoceandivers.com johnung

    These are excellent photographs and that is why I love the Ocean.
    I am packing my bags and going for a dive now.

  • marichoui

    Pic #12 looks rather like a macro of a strawberry to me…
    (thought you’d like to know)

  • http://www.myfreeworldofwarcraft.com FreeWoW

    I found NEMO!
    Those people in the pics were crazy! I am a thrill seeker, but thats too intense for me. I feel safer jumping out of a place than swimming behind the huge jellyfish or whatever that was.
    Great pictures though

  • harish

    its awesome . you people showing the unbelievable existing world

  • http://Stumbleupon Play Mccollum

    I feel so blessed and incredibly average after viewing these photos. Thank you!

  • http://www.rumshopryan.com RumShopRyan

    Very impressive. Is that large jelly fish with the dive really real? I’ve never seen anything like it!

    Cheers!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lawrence-D-Seigle/1202361825 Lawrence D. Seigle

    Some really cool shots – http://www.karmakraftsundersea.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lawrence-D-Seigle/1202361825 Lawrence D. Seigle

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  • Seyi

    WOW!!!!!!!! I’m so glad to be a Zoologist!!! How great is the work of God’s hands!

  • Cpaniccioli

    That picture of the large medusa has to be a lion’s mane.  The lion’s mane jellyfish is the largest known species of jellyfish. The Arctic Lion’s mane jellyfish is one of the longest known animals and the largest recorded specimen had a bell (body) with a diameter of 2.3 m (7 feet 6 inches) and the tentacles reached 36.5 m (120 feet). It was found washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870

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