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Cal Mero finds himself on a remote island when a tsunami warning surprises the village he is in. He tells the story that followed.
Attention Gadget Junkies: Remote Control Helicopter For Taking Aerial Photographs
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The Draganflyer X4 UAV helicopter is the newest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle designed by Draganfly Innovations Inc. for aerial photography and videography.
Detecting Harmful Algae
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Researchers from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have carried out the first remote detection of a harmful algal species...
Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle 'Nereus' Reaches Deepest Part Of The Ocean
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Nereus is first vehicle to enable routine scientific investigation to the deepest ocean depths worldwide
Cool Gadget Alert - iPhone Remote Trigger For Canon DSLR's
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OnOne software has released a new iPhone application called the DSLR Remote. It currently only works on supported Canon EOS DSLR's
New Sensor Lets Scientists Study Large Fish Groups
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New technology is allowing researchers and conservationists to watch the movement of large groups of fish as they gather into shoals and later split up
Mass Whale Stranding In Australia
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About 80 whales and dolphins were stranded Monday on a remote southwest Australian beach
DEMA 2008: Aquatica
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Aquatica gives us a peak into their line of products new for DEMA 2008.
Polar Bears Dying
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Polar bears are dying out in the remote Arctic region of Chukotka because of melting ice and increased killing by humans
Aquatica Remote Release
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Tim Rock reviews the Aquatica Remote Release
Trash Soils Bush Pledge To Protect Islands
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Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. It hasn't worked out that way.
Whale playground offers glimpse into Russia's melting Arctic
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Young whale pokes its melon-shaped head into the cool morning air near this remote island, a sign its herd is thriving despite mounting threats in Russia's melting Arctic
Remote Slave Unit
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The Remote Slave Unit RSU is a very sensitive microprocessor controlled photosensor that triggers underwater strobes over large distances. No TTL function is build in the RSU as in the Digital Adapter
Amid Water Shortage, Australia Looks to the Sea
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As global water shortages loom, this remote city on Australia's parched western coast is giving desalination -- the arduous process of removing salt from sea water
Perishing on Nonperishables
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One cigarette lighter, a toothbrush, a toy robot and a tampon applicator. The list of plastic items recovered from the stomach of a Laysan albatross chick that died on a remote Pacific island reads...
Scientists Trying to Save Coral Triangle
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For time beyond memory on this remote bay of neon fish and underwater gardens, people have avoided the "masalai," taboo waters, where a monster octopus might lurk or spirits dwell in coral caves....
World's Largest Trout Thrives in Mongolia- For Now
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This is the fourth story in a continuing series on the Megafishes Project. Join National Geographic News on the trail with project leader Zeb Hogan as he tracks down the world's largest freshwater...
DEMA 2007: Seacam
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I must say, Seacam gets the award for most innovative imagery products at DEMA 2007. Focused on the professional and high end amateur shooters, Seacam introduced a fantastic pole-cam package,...
DEMA 2007: Aquatica
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Our buddies Blake, Norma, Jean and Mauricio were exhibiting a handful of new products, including a set of new Underwater Buoyancy Compensating Floats, a remote control shutter release (making them...
Scientists Bring Back Potentially New Species From Philippine Waters
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U.S. and Philippine scientists may have discovered new marine species in the world's most biologically diverse region, their expedition leader said Tuesday.
Dr. Larry Madin, who led the Inner...
Scientists Come Face To Face With Rare Deep-water Creatures Off Nova Scotia
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An endangered species of whale that can dive as deep as a kilometre to feed is helping scientists determine how to protect an unusual marine ecosystem off Canada's East Coast.
Observations of...
Horror Stories From 'History Of The Sea'
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In 2005, scientists aboard a research vessel in the northwest Atlantic -- about as far from land as possible -- waited anxiously during the two hours it took their small, remotely operated...
Colorful Carpet Of Cool Sea Creatures Discovered 2 Miles Deep
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A submerged mountain ridge beneath the North Atlantic Ocean has revealed a new crustacean species and oodles of other life forms, ranging from polka-dotted glass squid resembling beach balls to...
Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found In Atlantic
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With a fearsome grin fit for a movie monster, this viperfish is a real-life predator that lurks in one of the world's most remote locations.
An international team of 31 researchers found this...
Seaweed, Injection Wells Suspects In Reef Decline
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A recent study shows that the proportion of the seafloor covered with coral is declining rapidly in some parts of Maui.
Invasive alien seaweeds are blamed in part, but there could be other...
Glaciers Melting At An Alarming Rate
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Beijing - Massive glaciers in north-west China have melted at an alarming rate over the past 40 years, with global warming believed to be the culprit, scientists said in comments published on...
Leatherback Turtles Re-visited
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During the months of July and August, I and a select group of adventurers from Mexico, Australia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Singapore and the United States visited the nesting beaches of the...
Giant Squid Rides
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will hold its annual open house from noon to 5 p.m. June 30 at 7700 Sandholdt Road in Moss Landing.
We will all be there, staff, scientists, and...
Algae And Earthquake Precursors
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Concentrations of the natural pigment chlorophyll in coastal waters have been shown to rise prior to earthquakes.
These chlorophyll increases are due to blooms of plankton, which use the pigment...
Departure To Cold Water Corals And Other 'hot Spots'
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The research vessel, Polarstern leaves Bremerhaven for its 22nd Arctic expedition with a new shine, to begin its first work in the International polar year.
Bremerhaven, 24 May 2007. With a new...
Newcomers Both Friends And Foes Of Mexico's Sea Turtles
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You may not have flippers or a shell, but if you are among the growing number of tourists and expatriates captivated by the beautiful Pacific coastline north of Puerto Vallarta, you do have...
Scientists Discover First Seafloor Vents On Ultraslow-spreading Ridge
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Scientists have found one of the largest fields of seafloor vents gushing super-hot, mineral-rich fluids on a mid-ocean ridge that, until now, remained elusive to the ten-year hunt to find them....
Quake Lifts Solomons Island Meters From The Sea
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The force of this week's Solomons earthquake has lifted an island in the South Pacific archipelago and pushed out its shoreline by tens of meters, exposing surrounding reefs.
The remote island...
Larry Smith To Be Honored At SEASPACE 2007
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By now, many of you may have heard that dive guide extraordinare, Larry Smith, passed away last week, in a remote part of Indonesia. He was 56 years old. With roots in Texas and Arkansas, Larry...
Dolphin Numbers Still Low Despite "Safe" Tuna Fishing, Experts Say
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Spotted and spinner dolphin populations in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean have yet to recover, despite nearly 20 years of friendlier tuna fishing practices, researchers say.
But no one is...
Video: Ballard Ventures Into New Territory
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Dr. Robert Ballard said he and his expedition crew know where they are and what they're doing.
As he sat in almost total darkness Thursday afternoon in a control room at the Mystic Aquarium...
Mussels Hitch A Ride To Antarctica
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Icy Antarctica, the frozen continent, is so cold and so remote that no alien species could possibly survive there, right? Well, not really, as a young Stellenbosch University postgraduate student...
The MantaCam Passes Ocean Testing
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We have just returned from a remote corner of Indonesia in the Coral Triangle. We were able to deploy our OceanCam on several occasions off the dive liveaboard Seven Seas. This was the first time...
Sea Turtles Use Earth's Magnetic Field To Return To Nesting Beaches
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New research suggests that sea turtles use a "relatively simple navigation system" involving the Earth's magnetic field to return to the same beaches to lay their eggs, even after...
Ballard To Lead Ocean Expedition To Unlock Undersea Secrets Of NOAA's Flower Garden Banks
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This expedition represents a unique collaboration between the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Institute for Exploration (IFE), Immersion Presents, the University of...
Toxic Runoff Poses Risk To Reef
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Until now, most scientists thought the sediment and pollutants that washed into coastal waters after torrential rain slowly dispersed along the coastline, affecting only coral living on the inner...
New Video Housing Manufacturer
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PLONGEIMAGE, a new manufacturer from France, is now offering two "universal" video housings in different sizes. Both transparent polycarbonate housings can be used for most Sony...
Robot Heading For Antarctic Dive
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Isis, the UK's first deep-diving remotely operated vehicle (ROV), will be combing the sea-bed in the region in its inaugural science mission.
Researchers hope to uncover more about the effects...
Below Freezing: The Antarctic Dive Guide
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Antarctica is the last diving frontier - around this massive continent, only a few small areas have been subject to even minimal underwater exploration. The area with amazing visibility is under...
Leatherback Turtles Revisited
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During the months of July and August, Larry McKenna and a select group of adventurers from Mexico, Australia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Singapore and the United States visited the nesting...
Paul Bunyan Robot Dives For Trees
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Sawfish is a real-life robotic underwater lumberjack; it swims down to harvest trees that are now underwater due to flooding to create reservoirs.
The Triton Sawfish Underwater Harvester is the...
Canon Releases EOS Utitlity 1.1.1 Update For Max OS X
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Canon has released EOS Utility 1.1.1 Updaet exclusively for Mac OS X (10.2 - 10.4). This update adds features for importing and viewing images on the computer by directly connecing the camera to...
Cocos & Malpelo Expedition With Amos Nachoum, Dr. Sylvia Earle And Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
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"I have successfully engaged Dr. Kathryn Sullivan and Dr. Sylvia Earle, two world leaders in exploration of the ocean and in space to join us on an unprecedented expedition to the Islands of...
Canon's XL H1 HD Camcorder Performs For Hollywood's Underwater Shoots
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When you've been assigned to do an underwater shoot halfway around the world in a remote location, you want to make sure that the equipment you're bringing will work flawlessly. For Los...
Sanyo Eneloop Solar Charger For Remote Location Shooting
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Ready to get your eco on Jack? Meet the Sanyo N-SC1S Eneloop Solar Charger. Not only will the device charge 4x of their hottastic Eneloop (and presumably other) rechargeable hyrbids in about 2.5...
More Than 40 Dolphins Die In Mozambique Beaching
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Dozens of bottle-nosed dolphins have died after beaching themselves on a remote Mozambique coastline, mystifying environmentalists who say mass beachings are very rare in the area.
"It's...
Tending To A Changing Sea
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On the tiny island of Middle Cay, perched on the windward edge of a rare Caribbean atoll known as Glover's Reef in Belize, the Wildlife Conservation Society maintains a busy little facility to...
Macbook Pro With Powerful Intel Core 2 Duo
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2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Up to 39% faster than its predecessor.(1) A built-in iSight for instant video conferencing on the move. Front Row with Apple Remote to dazzle everyone in the...
Tomorrow Is Japan Dolphin Day - Let's Abolish The Annual Dolphin Slaughter!
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Every year from October through April fishermen in some remote Japanese villages eradicate about 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in the most brutal way imaginable. This is the largest massacre of...
Researcher Studies Impact Of Humans
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Enric Sala waited 36 years to see the ocean of his dreams. The day came last fall during an expedition to the remote Line Islands 1,000 miles south of Hawaii.
Sala, a marine ecologist at the...
TV Coverage May Threaten The Galapagos
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Conservationists fear that forthcoming BBC programmes about the Galapagos islands will lead to a tourist boom that could damage the fragile ecosystem of the remote Ecuadorean islands.
From the...
Argraph's New Zigview S2 Enables SLR Real-Time LCD Viewing
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Argraph Corporation, the international supplier of photographic / imaging products, is introducing the Zigview S2, which adds innovative features to the world's first real-time digital angle...
Olympus E-330 Underwater Housing Comparisons
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A remote valley, deep in the Alps. A small group of divers meets for a special event. Dive, where no one has before, in lakes at an altitude above 2400m (about 8000ft). Amongst their equipment are...
New Eco-Resort In Raja Empat Breaks Ground
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Misool Eco Resort (MER) is currently under development, and we aim to be fully operational and open for business by Autumn 2007. MER has contracted two remote locations in the southern part of Raja...
Thai Fishermen Eat 'world's Largest' Catfish
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Thai fishermen caught a 293kg catfish that may have been the world's largest freshwater fish, wildlife conservation groups said.
The Mekong giant catfish was netted by villagers in a remote part...
Largest U.S. Reef Looking 'like A Parking Lot'
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In the azure waters of Florida's remote Dry Tortugas National Park, corals have been toppled by hurricanes and blighted by disease and a phenomenon known as bleaching...
QT Movie NoteTaker .5 RELEASED
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If you ever need to watch a series of video clips and take notes, or if you need to get dailies or raw footage to clients or collaborators for comments, you know what a huge hassle it can be doing...
Underwater Remote Video Cams From Splashcam
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Splashcam offers three different models of underwater camera and video mechanisms to use for remote viewing or filming. These units can be pole mounted or dropped with lines...
Nikon Announces New Software
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In addition to the introduction of their new D2xS DSLR, Nikon also announced the release of new software packages: Camera Control Pro and Image Authentication Software.
Nikon's new Camera...
Diving Tourism Centre In Socotra Marine Reserve
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The island of Socotra is preparing to receive new groups of tourists from Germany and other European countries in the coming weeks.
A local source said that groups are visiting following a...
Jean-Michel Cousteau Finds A Bounty Of Trash In A Remote Island Paradise
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In another age, a grand sea voyage might have ended in the discovery of an unknown island or even a whole continent. These days it ends in the discovery of litter...
Nexus D200 Announcement And Photos
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Manufacturer's Announcement: The New Nexus D200 is the ultimate in compact underwater SLR housings. It has a full range of lens ports and access to all controls on the camera plus additional...
Jean-Michell Cousteau Carries On Family Tradition In 'Ocean Adventures'
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Offering an island tour with a sobering twist, PBS' new series "Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures" kicks off with exploration of the remote but imperiled Northwest Hawaiian Islands...
Deep-Sea Fish Populations Boom Over The Last 15 Years
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The largest habitats on Earth are located in the vast, dark plains at the bottom of the ocean. Yet because of their remoteness, many aspects of this mostly unexplored world remain mysterious.
New...
Fishing Area Closed After Coral-garden Issue Raised
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State of Alaska officials opened new ocean waters off the remote Aleutian Islands for commercial fishing this week, only to immediately shut them down because they learned they are home to rare...
Mexican Land Boom Creates Commotion In Whale Nursery
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This remote lagoon, surrounded by salt flats, mesas and desert, has been a sanctuary for gray whales for centuries.
Every year they return in January to these quiet, protected waters to give...
New Book Is A Photographic Journey To Bali
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This book is a visual tour of the many and varied dive sites of Tulamben, Bali's
number - one dive destination. Located on the remote northeast coast of Bali, far
from the crowds of the...
Saving The Reefs On Remote Islands Northwest Of Hawaii
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The remote 1,400-mile long string of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are blanketed with the 14 million seabirds that nest there. Beneath the surface of the surrounding waters, fish crowd into...
US Military Developing Remote-Control 'Spy' Shark With Neural Brain Implant
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Imagine getting inside the mind of a shark: swimming silently through the ocean, sensing faint electrical fields, homing in on the trace of a scent, and navigating through the featureless depths...
New Seaweed, Fish Species Found In Caribbean: Scientists
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An international team of scientists says it has discovered previously unknown species of fish and new types of seaweed on a remote coral atoll in the Caribbean...
The Stress Relief Button
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Travel is a very stressful adventure for the underwater photographer. Many of the world's best dive locations are remote, situated far from mankind's influence. The lack of civilisation that makes...
Scientists Upset: Pupfish Face Extinction
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Scientists say iridescent blue pupfish living at Devil`s Hole, a remote Mojave Desert rock outcropping, might become extinct within another year.
New Chance For Florida's Coral Reefs
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Have you ever seen a 22-pound black grouper?
Back in the 1930s that was the average size of black grouper caught in the Dry Tortugas, the remote western end of the Florida Keys. That's the average...
Hawaii Scientists To Study Palmyra Atoll
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Dozens of scientists from Hawaii and the mainland are launching a cooperative research project at Palmyra Atoll to study the remote area's pristine coral ecosystem.
The National Wildlife Refuge...
Every Picture Tells A Story
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Eugene native David Liittschwager launched his photographic career in the 1980s by focusing his prodigious talents on cosmetics. Working for clients such as Revlon, he created luscious, oversized...
Whale Shark Aggregation
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The biggest shark in the sea comes here for an all-you-can eat buffet. Just off this remote speck of land three hours north of Cancun, whale sharks mass by the hundreds each summer in a spectacle...
Thriving Coral Reef Thrills Marine Research Group
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Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent...
Some Islanders Still Waiting For Tsunami That Didn't Come
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Generations of children on Simeulue were raised on a bedtime story about a tsunami that swept across their remote tropical island a century ago, killing thousands of people. Nearly every one of the...
10 Live-aboard Dive Adventures
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Think live-aboard diving is nothing but eat-sleep-dive? Sure, if rock 'n' roll is only music and a Harley is just a motorcycle. On these ten live-aboards, you eat like a king, sleep in spacious,...
Historians Hope Underwater Images, Art Will Help Preserve Shipwrecks
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Researchers are using remotely operated vehicles to catalog shipwrecks in Lake Superior, with hopes that the images they bring back will help preserve a fragile and deteriorating part of history....
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