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Travel Photo of the Day 7/8/2009 Shark on the Great Barrier Reef

July 8, 2009

The Travel Photo of the Day for 7/8/2009 is of Shark on the Great Barrier Reef Australia and was taken by In Veritas Lux

Photo credit: In Veritas Lux
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world — so large that it can be seen from space. Stretching over 3,000 kilometers [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day 7/7/2009 Black Tip Shark in French Polynesia

July 7, 2009

The Travel Photo of the Day for 7/7/2009 is of A black tip shark and was taken by NileGuide.com

Photo credit: NileGuide.com
Fakarava is an atoll located in French Polynesia. It has a wide and deep lagoon that is rich with marine life, including sharks. The island itself has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for [...]

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Best Places to Dive with Sharks

July 7, 2009

Sharks. They are one of the few animals on Earth, which man still fears. They are a credit to evolution (or creation if you swing that way), as they are the perfect aquatic hunting machine. They can track blood for miles. They can sense the rhythm of a wounded or dying creature trying to swim. [...]

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Best Snorkeling in the Caribbean

March 27, 2008

The Caribbean is a great place for beachcombers, but if you’d like to exert yourself a little more, it’s also a great place for snorkeling or diving. Anyone can snorkel, but diving requires some instruction. Fortunately most places with great diving also offer diving courses. Or, you can learn to dive before you take off. [...]

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Scuba Diving in Hawaii

September 21, 2007

If you enjoy scuba diving, Hawaii is a fantastic destination that offers great diversity for scuba divers. Hawaii is made up of over 100 individual islands, with scuba diving locations positioned most prominently on six of those islands.

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Scuba Diving the Baja Peninsula

September 20, 2007

Though connected to the United States, the Baja California Peninsula, also called Lower California and simply the Baja Peninsula, is part of Mexico. It is connected to the U.S. state of California and stretches a length of 775 miles (1250 kms) from northern Mexicali to southern Cabo San Lucas.

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Scuba Diving in Florida Keys

September 19, 2007

The Florida Keys offers some of the most spectacular scuba diving in the United States. Located on the southern tip of the Florida peninsula extending to 90 miles north of Cuba, most of the waters are protected by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Within this area of 2,800 square nautical miles is the only [...]

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Scuba Diving in Ireland

September 18, 2007

If you’re thinking about a scuba diving vacation then think about the land of the Irish. Situated on the continental shelf and off the western edge of Europe, Ireland is perfect for scuba divers. The Maharees Islands, The Brandon Cliff face and the Blasket Islands are listed as the best places to dive in Ireland [...]

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Scuba Diving Cozumel

September 17, 2007

You want to go scuba diving in a beautiful exotic location. You know that you want to go to a foreign area, a place where the weather is beautiful and the culture is rich. And you know that you want to go to a place that’s known for its diving because you want to make [...]

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Scuba Diving Options on the Great Barrier Reef

September 15, 2007

You’ve all heard of the Great Barrier Reef, but let’s look at some statistics about how great it truly is: the world’s largest coral reef, it covers over 130,000 square miles with its 3,000 reefs and 900 islands, all stretching for 1,600 miles along the Queensland coast in north-eastern Australia. That’s an impressive bit of [...]

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