Mark Etter Underwater Photography: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Havana 2020

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:15:32 GMT

]]>We traveled to Havana in January 2020 prior to diving the Gardens of the Queen. After an evening flight from Miami, I arose early the next day to capture some photos of old Havana. The rooftop views from our hotel, the Iberostar Parque Central, provided a great preview of our trip beginning with views of the Capital. The taxi drivers were busy at 6 am polishing their flamboyant 1950's convertibles along the Paseo de Marti. I grabbed some quick photos in the park before our tours began.

We started at the Plaza de San Francisco by the convent. The Spanish architecture was impressive as we walked to the Castillo de la Real Fuerza. The were multiple large cannons at this old Spanish fort. Along the way we passed street venders and several musicians. I couldn't resist a few pictures of the senoras with cigars. Later we paused for lunch at La Casa Restaurante. The paladares in Cuba are excellent for meals and a great way to meet local Cubans in their homes.

After lunch I climbed into a fantastic 1955 Chevy Bel Air for a ride along the Malecon and back to Parque Central. Havana is like Disneyland for adults. I finished the afternoon with a stroll along the Paseo de Marti down to the sea wall. Locals were fishing at this famous location across from the Castillo del Morro. I drank coffee at the Hotel Telegrafo before dinner. This was my favorite spot to watch cars and street life. The hotel band played each evening outside as the locals danced. We finished the evening with cocktails and jazz at the Floridita nearby.

The next day was spent touring outside of Havana in the morning. We visited Hemmingway's home, a cigar factory, and a famous fort along the Carribbean Sea in Cojimar. In the afternoon we rode to Revolution Square and then I visited the Museo de la Revolucion. Our final destination included an evening at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano, an old sugar factory that was converted into a club and art gallery outside of old Havana. We watched a jazz concert that evening before returning to our hotel.

Cuba 2020

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 23:17:58 GMT

]]>We had an extraordinary week of diving on the Avalon II in Cuba. This was a Backscatter trip to Los Jardines de la Reina in January 2020. As you can see there were plenty of sharks on every dive. We spent a substantial time on the surface photographing Caribbean reef and silky sharks. The coral was fantastic but it was hard not to be distracted by the large mature sharks that kept us company all week.

There were plenty of macro subjects for the week including neck crabs, arrow blennies, cleaner shrimp, and secretary blennies. I was so impressed by the larger creatures during the week that I rarely used my 105mm macro lens. I included some GPS maps to help with locations of the land excursions for the week. There is a separate gallery of pictures from Havana on the web page.

We also spent some time in the mangroves with 2 crocodiles. Tito and Nino visited us as we snorkeled in the mangroves. I truly found this to be quite creepy especially when Tito ran over me and my camera. I have a new scratch on my dome port from Tito. Later we took some pictures at twilight for more dramatic lighting.

The final group of pictures includes some shots in the shallow mangroves. There were purple, blue, green, black, and orange sponges hanging from the roots beneath the trees. I used my 8-15mm circular fisheye to capture the sun above. It was easy to get lost beneath the canopy of roots and branches.

This was the first Backscatter trip to Cuba and the Gardens of the Queen. I hope to return soon.

Black & White

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 02:19:17 GMT

]]>This gallery is a collection of black & white pictures that I have gathered since 2012. B&W allows me to concentrate on texture, lighting, mood, and composition. I no longer shoot film but I still love the increased grain that often occurs with darker subjects. Poor visibility is sometimes a plus because it gives texture to the background very much like photographing in the rain. In addition, many of the hard corals have wonderful details that can be missed in color photography. I created this gallery after editting extremely colorful pictures from Fiji. I added a little color back to some of the photos just for fun.

Raja Ampat 2015

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:36:27 GMT

]]>I traveled to Raja Ampat, Indonesia in October 2015 to explore the northern islands above Sorong. This was my third trip on the Pindito and the crew was excellent as always. We began in West Mansuar with dives at Manta Sandy and then moved to Arboreck. Literally the first creature I focused my lens on was a beautiful tasseled wobbegong shark hiding on top of hard coral. We continued to see these wonderful sharks for several more days on our journey north. We missed the manta rays at Manta Sandy but we caught up with several at Palau Kawe in the north. Watch my video from Eagle Rock in the video galleries if you're interested. The weather was not ideal on this trip due to excessive smog from burning trees in Indonesia. Likewise, we had several days of murky green water which made wide angle very challenging. Our guides Ronin, Lea, and Eric made the trip enjoyable and our speedboat driver Martin was excellent. The crew helped us tremendously on the day of departure when our flights were delayed for more than 6 hours. Thank you!

I included map locations for most of this trip. Two of my cameras allowed geotagging to record our dive spots. We had the pleasure of traveling with several guests from Europe and New Zealand. Karen and Peter were guests on the first Pindito voyage back in 1992. It was nice to dive again with Andrew Martinez. I traveled with Andy and Candy to Gannga after this voyage for great diving in North Sulawesi. See my Gannga gallery for more pictures.

There were several great photo opportunities that I missed on this trip. The pier at Arboreck was fantastic for wide angle with thousands of schooling fish. Alas, I had my macro 105mm lens on my camera! Even worse, I missed a chance to photograph two recently discovered P47 Thunderbolts at Jenief Island. The second airplane was upright at 120 feet in crystal blue water. Next time!

Murrell's Inlet

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 02:07:47 GMT

]]>This group of pictures was taken on 2 trips to Murrell's Inlet in South Carolina in 2015 and 2016. We had a great time with the crew from Scuba Express. These pictures were taken from several sites including Grand Central, Goldfinch, the City of Richmond, the Civil War Wreck, and the Hebe. The highlight of the trip was the wreckage of the Hebe at 110'. After searching everywhere, we found a large frogfish 10 feet from the anchor line where we initially started. The video from the Hebe shows a different giant yellow frogfish from a separate dive. The wreck was so covered with fish that it was very easy to loose your location - and your dive buddy! Most of the pictures were taken below the "fish layer." I found myself muttering "How am I going to find anything to photograph with all these fish in the way?" See the video from the Wreck of the Hebe under the videos menu.

Beqa Fiji

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:49:20 GMT

]]>We visited Beqa, Fiji in October 2019 for seven days before boarding the Naia. I finally got to spend a week at the Beqa Lagoon Resort after hearing so much about it almost 2 decades ago. It was nice to revisit the Pearl Resort on Viti Levu briefly before traveling south to Beqa. We were greeted on the beach at Beqa Lagoon on arrival. BLR is spread across several acres and I was lucky to have an upstairs apartment with a large deck overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Diving at Beqa includes beautiful soft and hard corals, multiple ship wrecks, and exciting shark diving. Many of the reefs are covered with colorful anthias and butterflyfish. I especially loved the brilliant red sea fans. Some of the sites such as Carpet Cove had enormous anemones with Fiji anemone fish. The highlight of course was the close encounters will huge tiger sharks. There were dozens of bull sharks too but the tigers commanded attention at all times. See my video clips in the video gallery for more images. I attached a Hero 6 GoPro on top of my housing to grab some video.

We spent some time on land as well. We visited the local school and drank Kava with the villagers. Beqa specializes in fire walking and we had a night time show as well. We had a picnic on a nearby island late in the week between dives. The last day included some fantastic dives sites including Three sisters and Golden Arch. These sites reminded me of a previous trip to Taveuni in 2007. I finished the week on a paddle board just to appreciate how beautiful the island appeared. My thanks to Jeff Fischer for planning the trip!

Naia 2019

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:15:15 GMT

]]>After a week in Beqa, we boarded the Naia in Lautoka. We sailed North of Viti Levu along the Vanua Levu Barrier Reef. We began strong at Humann Nature, a site named after Paul Humann. The moderate current at the point of the reef corralled the anthias together for spectacular wide angle photography. I broke out my new 8-15 mm circular fisheye lens for super wide angle photos of soft coral.

Of course I couldn't resist using my macromate for some macro pictures of golden damsel fish eggs, sea spiders, Pontoh pygmy seahorse, and multiple nudibranchs. On one dive I was buzzed by a train of 5 very large marbled stingrays. We saw hammerheads and gray reef sharks during our trip as well. I missed the manta but I was glad to see another Rumagan's pipehorse, which I last saw in Anilao.

The highlight of the week for me was the Nigali Passage. We were lucky to catch the incoming tide for 2 dives. Although the weather was partly cloudy, the water was brilliantly blue. There were 2 species of barracuda, sleeping white tips, and large gray reef sharks passing through the channel. Bigeye trevally and schooling black snappers drifted past us by the dozens. Near the end of the channel, we rested on a ledge at 65 feet to watch the action. The dive finished with beautiful cabbage coral and a large colony of porite hard coral.

We ventured on to land to visit the locals at Somosomo village. Jeff enjoyed the Lali drums before we attended a kava ceremony with the chief. Bula! At the end of our journey, we visited the market to buy kava and visit the tropical Gardens of the Sleeping Giant.

Best of 2019

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sun, 03 May 2020 20:43:56 GMT

Anilao 2019

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 03:13:38 GMT

]]>I traveled to Anilao in the Philippines this April for an UW macro class with Mike Bartick at the Crystal Blue Resort. We spent 10 days exploring the reefs and searching for small critters to photograph. I saw more critters on this trip than any previous location. We saw hairy frogfish every day along with more nudibranchs than I have ever seen. I was especially glad to see a Rumengan's Pipehorse which was originally described in Lembeh in 2007. Mike's course is excellent and I used many of his techniques to photograph tiny subjects with black backgrounds. Many of these animals are quite small including the medallion crab and the algae shrimp which were less than 5mm. The guides at Crystal Blue Resort are excellent and I would have missed most of these subjects without their help, especially Glenn who was my guide for the trip. Look closely in many of these pictures. You will see even smaller critters including skeleton shrimp and amphipods.

I tried several new techniques on this trip including using super macro optics with a macromate. I found a snoot helpful and occasionally I used a remote strobe with a laser guided snoot. In the end, I found the simplest approach worked the best using a 105mm lens with a macromate and backward lighting. Mike's course is excellent. It includes up to 2 hours of classroom per day with daily photo review. There were 4 dives per day with an option for night time black water diving as well.

Click on the slideshow button if you want to see larger images.

Wreck of the Hebe

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:49:26 GMT

]]>This is a short clip of video from our dive on the wreck of the Hebe off the coast of South Carolina. The Hebe lies in about 110 feet of water. It sank on April 11, 1942 after colliding with the St Cathan. Both ships were sailing without running lights to avoid German U boats. The wreck was covered with bait fish, making navigation somewhat difficult for a new diver on the site. Many tropical fish including queen angels can be seen on the shipwreck. There were several huge lionfish as well. Many of the divers spent time searching for old bottles from South America. Some of the bottles included old poison bottles with Spanish writing. As promised, there is a beautiful giant frogfish at the end of the video. It took most of the dive to find, and of course it was only 10 feet from the anchor line.

Hoki Maru

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:56:11 GMT

]]>This was a deeper dive to 136 feet to see numerous trucks, tractors, and a large bulldozer resting precariously on sagging hatch cover beams. The beams are bent even more than when I first dived the Hoki in 2007. There are several Isuzu and Nissan trucks lower in cargo hold #5 below the bulldozer. There is little space below decks and caustic aviation gasoline can be seen floating in the darkness. For this reason the wreck was off limits for almost 2 decades until much of the fluid dissipated.

The Hoki Maru was sank by Helldivers on February 18, 1944. She was found by the Cousteau expedition in 1969. Originally the ship was the New Zealand M/V Hauraki before being captured by the Japanese in 1942. She was a diesel powered passenger-cargo ship different from many of the steam ships of that era.

Nippo Maru

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:10:57 GMT

]]>This video is a compilation of 2 dives that we did on 6/24/16 on the Nippo Maru. There are many large artifacts on the deck including a Japanese battle tank, 3 Howitzer guns, one anti-aircraft gun, several minesweepers, and a truck body. The wreck can be deep in certain locations making exploration of the aft cargo holds somewhat difficult. The bridge is easily penetrated and the helm and ship's telegraph are easy to photograph. The Nippo Maru sank on February 17, 1944 and she was discovered by Cousteau in 1969. The ship was not identified until 1980 when the ship's bell was located.

stills

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 03:45:55 GMT

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Tiger Sharks, Part II

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 02:15:42 GMT

]]>This video continues our shark dives in Beqa, Fiji. We completed four dives with tiger sharks at the Cathedral. I had a front row seat for three of the dives. The video begins with the guides loading fish heads into the boxes. I filmed these videos with a simple Hero 6 GoPro and a medium red filter. The camera was mounted above my Subal housing to allow video and photography at the same time.

Click the video link on the right to play the video. There are three short videos of tiger sharks that can be found in the main video gallery.

Tiger Sharks, Grand Finale

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 01:08:45 GMT

]]>This is the final video from our tiger shark dives in Beqa, Fiji. The pace increases as the guides tried to keep up with the sharks. At the end, the tigers were still hungry and continued to approach for more food. I was pushed by many of these sharks during filming. We needed to keep a constant watch behind and above us. You can see that I had some help from the guides behind me as they pushed the sharks away. Watch the other 2 videos for more action.

Tiger Sharks, Part I

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:35:24 GMT

]]>This short movie introduces the tiger shark dive at the Cathedral in Beqa, Fiji. This is the first of 3 videos from our shark dives in October, 2019. The pace is slower at first as the sharks get warmed up. Watch the next 2 movies to see how the activity increases. The final film is the grand finale. Enjoy!

Click on the video link on the right to watch. There is a soundtrack so don't forget to turn on the audio.

Christmas 2019

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:49:39 GMT

This year's Christmas gallery includes multiple locations. The first pictures are from downtown Lancaster at the square. We had a brief snow early in the season at home. I was able to get some group pictures in Hershey this year. We gathered by the fountain at the Hershey Hotel for family pictures. The next pictures are from home on Christmas morning and Grandpa's house the evening before.

After Christmas day we traveled to Manhattan to visit Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We paused in the park to watch some bubbles before walking to the museum. The member's dining room is always worth a good meal.

The gallery finishes in Brooklyn in Crown Height's with a last minute party at Toast. Rudolph was lucky to get a private party for the family. We staggered back to the subway to sleep in Manhattan the next morning. The new year's party will come later!

Battery Park 2019

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:30:36 GMT

This gallery is from Battery Park in Manhattan from July 2019. It includes a few pictures from the Brooklyn Bridge Park as well. We stayed at the Conrad close to the Freedom Tower. The Irish Hunger Memorial is nearby along the Hudson River. Lisa and Ava explored an old steam powered coast guard cutter called the Lilac at Pier 25. We had brunch at the Osprey at the Brooklyn One Hotel before returning home.

Pittsburgh 2019

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:02:29 GMT

This gallery is from January, April, and August of 2019 in Pittsburgh. I visited Michael at his apartment in Oakland before the beginning of his semester. The sunset views from the rooftop lounge at Skyview were spectacular. We walked along Forbes avenue before driving home.

I returned in April to pick Michael up at the end of his semester. I wish I had brought a better camera yet the iPhone pictures are not terrible. The azaleas were blooming on the upstairs patio. Michael enjoyed a full breakfast at the Prince Street Cafe in Lancaster on our return home.

The final pictures are from August before the beginning of the fall semester. We visited the East Liberty Presbyterian Church to see the beautiful stained glass inside. Later, we traveled to Lawrenceville to have lunch at the Church Brew Works. We finished our visit on the Dusquesne Incline on Mount Washington to eat dinner at Monterey Bay Fish Grotto. The sunset and night time views of downtown Pittsburgh are always spectacular.

Ambon 2017

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 01:22:56 GMT

]]>This gallery is from a recent trip to Ambon from 10/30-11/3/17. It was great to be back at Maluku Divers Resort. We stayed in Ambon for 5 days before boarding the Damai and sailing to Alor and Flores. The resort now has a great pier for boarding the dive boats. A nice upgrade from previous trips!

There was no shortage of critters this year. As you can see from the gallery, there were great subjects for macro photography. I was pleased to see several Rinopias including a wonderful purple one on the very first dive. There were multiple frog fish including a dice-sized juvenile psychedelic frog fish. My favorite encounter was two Coleman shrimp on a large fire urchin. Close inspection also showed two Brook's urchin shrimp clinging below near the sand.

The guides at Maluku are great. I spent most of my dives with Lucky and Ali. There were several ornate ghost pipefish each day. Ali showed me a male with hundreds of eggs in his pouch. As we watched closely, you could see a cloud of sperm fertilizing the eggs and streaming out of the pouch.

It was great to be back in Ambon with Fred and company. We were awoken one night by 3 earthquakes. The strongest was 6.7 and woke most of us from sleeping. No tsunami
thankfully!

Addendum: I was saddened to hear that Maluku Divers Resort recently closed in May, 2018. This was a great resort for UW photographers and one of the best for accommodations for cameras and divers. I wish all the best for the staff and dive guides who have been so helpful during my trips to Ambon. Hopefully the resort will reopen in the future.

Alor 2017

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 01:20:58 GMT

]]>This gallery begins in Ambon and finishes in Bali, Indonesia. We traveled to Ambon for five days of diving and then departed from Maluku Dive Resort on the Damai to explore the Banda Sea (11/4-14/17). This gallery follows my Ambon gallery from 2017. We visited multiple islands including Nusa Laut, Banda Naira, Manuk, Nils Desperandum, Pulau Terbang, Pulau Nusleur, Nyata, Reong, Pantar, Alor, Lembata, and finally Flores. Each location was unique. We saw coconut octopus in Ambon, dugong in Nusa Laut (sorry no pictures!), mandarin fish in Banda Naira, and dozens of sea snakes in Manuk. There were hammerhead sharks in Nils Desperandum and pygmy seahorses in Flores. We found multiple Rhinopius in North Alor at Pak Yan's Village. The gallery is longer than usual to include the diversity of this trip.

The Damai was quite luxurious and the food and service were excellent. The rooms were large and there were two outdoor beds on the top deck if you wanted to sleep under the stars. I especially enjoyed having my own rinse tank for my camera and gear. The camera room was great too and the crew even dried my camera between dives. The Itinerary was directed by Irene and the guides Vinda, Indra, and Ferry were fun and flexible. My thanks to Fred for another great trip!

There were several land excursions along the way. We walked through Banda Naira to visit two Dutch forts. We were treated to nutmeg jam and fried plantains by a local family on the hillside. The school children were excited to meet visitors and really "hammed it up" for my camera. Later on the trip we walked along a secluded beach on Nyata to see turtle nesting grounds. Unfortunately the lighthouse stairs were a little too rusty to climb. As you can see, I think we found Big Bird's island.

The high point of the trip for me was the children waiting for divers on the pier at Babylon in North Alor. This was a very spontaneous and unplanned moment as the children dove in from the pier to pose for pictures underwater. I separated from the group to pay a visit and was rewarded with some great shots of the children playing. Later that day I went snorkeling in Pak Yan Village to watch the boys spear fishing.

We traveled over 1200 miles during our 12 day journey. The trip finished in Maumere, Flores where we flew to Bali. I spent one extra day in Bali to visit Uluwatu and drink some Luwak coffee. Too bad my nutmeg jam was confiscated at the airport!

North Carolina Sharks & Wrecks

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 18:57:47 GMT

]]>This gallery is from the 2017 North Carolina Shark & Wreck Shootout with Mike Gerken and Olympus Dive Center. We had great weather all week. This was the 4th year for the contest and we explored several wrecks including the Atlas, Carib Sea, U-352, Aeolus, Schurz, and the Papoose. The water was murky and green on the Carib Sea but there was clear blue water on the U-352, Schurz, and Papoose. There were multiple sand tiger sharks on the Atlas and Aeolus. These sharks proved to be quite inquisitive and often came in for a close look. The large female sharks were easily 7-8 feet long. The wreck of the Aeolus was a great location for shark photography. The inside of the wreck often fills with sharks and allows multiple divers to view the sharks from outside. Mike referred to this as "Club Aeolus." The sharks can be found wandering through the wreck and down the passageways. Truly spectacular!

I had a great time diving with the group. We had 2 boats all week and great weather blessed us with calm seas. The boats are spacious and allowed multiple cameras. There is also dry space inside with padded seats.

Mike is planning another shark shootout for 2018. Check his web page at evolutionunderwater.com for details.

Palau 2018

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 17:30:28 GMT

]]>I traveled to Palau in May 2018 to see the Blue Corner and Blue Holes, two famous dive sites in the Pacific Ocean. The water was strikingly blue, especially with the incoming tide. We were visited by gray reef sharks and multiple turtles. The currents were moderate and occasionally we used reef hooks to maintain our position over the steep walls. Tame humphead wrasse approached the divers looking for handouts. There were wonderful schools of blue-striped snappers and soldierfish swimming on the plateau. Blue corner has large schools of bigeye trevally and wonderful sea fans if you dive deep on the wall.

Multiple manta rays greeted the divers at the German Channel and Sandy Bar this week. I had a close encounter with one curious manta that lined up to meet me eye to eye. Sandy Bar has large table corals with shadowfin soldierfish hiding underneath. We rode the swift incoming tide through the Ulong Channel to find two large giant clams and a huge colony of cabbage coral.

I spent the week with Sam's Tours. We traveled early in the morning to Shark City to watch red snapper spawning at sunrise. Sam's offers unique diving experiences several times each month the see red snapper and bumphead parrotfish spawning. They use a specially designed swiftboat with private seating to get to the sites early. We met the school of red snapper each morning to watch spawning activity. The females turn white during this process as seen in some of my pictures.

I finished the week diving the Chandelier Cave before taking a private island tour. Eve guided me to three separate chambers before we exited the cave using only natural light. Truly exhilarating!

Silver Banks 2018

marketteruwp@comcast.net (Mark Etter Underwater Photography) — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:42:15 GMT

]]>This winter I traveled to the Silver Banks of the Dominican Republic to photograph humpback whales. We left from Puerto Plata and traveled 75 miles north to reach the winter breeding ground of the Atlantic humpback whale population. We spent a week tracking and photographing humpbacks from zodiacs. There were multiple whales each day and they often stopped to allow closeup encounters. Because there were so many whales this week, the mothers were less relaxed and we had some difficulty observing the baby calves in the water. I hope to return in the future to get closer pictures of the whales in the water.

Near the end of the trip, we had a thrilling and rowdy encounter with seven whales as several males competed for a single female. Our zodiac was surrounded by whales and we scrambled to watch the action. It was hard to keep the cameras dry as the whales swatted their flukes nearby. We also were able to hear the whales singing beneath our boat without having to get in the water. This was truly a great experience to share the ocean with such large and magnificent creatures!

Nevis 2017