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It's a common feeling among scuba divers: As soon as that mask hits the water, you're immersed in an alien world, as oddities of every shape and size cross your field of vision.

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Adventure Diving: Blackbeard's Cruises Live-aboards

Blackbeard's Cruises offers live-aboard scuba diving travel vacations to the Bahamas Out Islands. Three sailboats — Sea Explorer, Morning Star and Pirate's Lady — take guests for a week of diving on various itineraries in the Exumas, Southwest Eleuthera, Little San Salvador and Bimini.

Behind the Lens: Plan B

What happens when you prepare yourself for a specific type of underwater photography, but the ocean has other plans for you? Why, go to Plan B, of course. While diving in Indonesia's Raja Ampat islands and facing some current, Ellen Cuylaerts explains how she learned to go with the flow.

Adventure Aboard the Aqua Cat

Sharks, fascinating reefs and endless-blue-sea adventures await you in the Bahamas when you book a trip on this luxury live-aboard catamaran!

Digital Photography 101: Working With Models

Tips for how to get the best photos using a diver as a model

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Photographer Spotlight: Boogs Rosales

A love of nature led Phillipines-born Boogs Rosales to the sea. That passion is ever-present in his lovely underwater photographs.

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8 Amazing Destinations to Build Your Underwater Photography Portfolio

From North Carolina to Australia, these eight destinations are guaranteed to provide both excellent scuba diving and opportunities to shoot photos that will impress your friends.

Lights, Camera, Action!

There’s never been a better time to jump into the world of underwater photography. Here are eight compact systems and six cool accessories to help you get started.

Best Big-Animal Encounters in the Socorros

Photographer David Valencia captures the best of what this Mexican island chain has to offer, from mantas to whale sharks

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The Allure of Thailand's Similan and Surin Islands

Our photographer and writer highlights stunning diving in this region of the Andaman Sea. View a photo gallery here…

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9 Compact Imaging Systems For Delivering Big Results

Here are nine models above that will empower you to take your underwater photography and video to the next level — and four trends to consider before making upgrading your system.

Tec Curious

Technical diving has always seemed a bit out of reach for me — too complicated, too difficult, too risky. But my mind has been seriously changed thanks to PADI’s recent Tec Xplor Days, a series of three events offering divers the chance to sample the latest in tec diving gear and rebreather technology in a safe, controlled — and free — environment.

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10 Smart Strategies For Successful Underwater Photography

Sport Diver readers improve their underwater photography skills during our latest "On Assignment" event

The Ultimate Gear for New Divers

A breakdown of the perfect dive gear for new divers looking to travel.

6 Tips for Photographing Sharks

Tips for capturing the "wow" factor of shark diving through underwater photography.

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Gallery: Alien World