Underwater Research and Exploration

Diverse scenes of divers conducting research underwater, including gas sampling and exploration of archaeological sites, showcasing marine life and habitats.

Diver on Underwater Shipwreck

Researcher takes gas samples from fumaroles. CNR volcanology research. Aeolian Islands. Sicily. Italy. (Photo by: Giorgio Mesturini/REDA&CO/UIG)

Underwater photographer checking the illumination

diver exploring St Johns cave system in the Red Sea

Researcher sampling underwater gas. CNR volcanology research. Aeolian Islands. Sicily. Italy. (Photo by: Giorgio Mesturini/REDA&CO/UIG)

Roman wine Amphora at Le Dramont, France, Mediterranean Sea Archaeological research by diver DRASM (Direction Regionale de l'archeologie Marseille)

Diver filming

Divers destroy invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans, Caribbean, Dominica, Central America

Proffessional diver working in a underwater tube

Boy scuba diving underwater

Diver on Underwater Shipwreck

Divers at work on underwater archaeology site

Diver with metal detector looking for a treasure under water, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, Eurasia, Europe

Scuba diver exploring the inside underwater shipwreck

Diver with Jellyfish

Diver and Spirograph, Lion de mer diving site, Saint-Raphaël, Var, France

DeepSee diving submersible, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Property released

Diver weighing the anchor

Diver with the metal detector looks for a treasure under water, lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, Eurasia, Europe

Young woman scuba diving and examining sunken ship El Naranjito undersea

Fisheries conducting a reef management and biodiversity analysis, Brunei

Scuba diver looking at Atlantic Triton (Charonia variegata) on rock and various kinds of fish, Madeira, Portugal, Europe, Atlantic, Europe

Diver behind a giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia testudinaria.

Diver exploring the ocean floor, surrounded by fusilier fish

Coral researcher gathering gamete bundles from elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata). Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Diver exploring the ocean floor, surrounded by fusilier fish

Speologist diver maping underwater cave

Diver with a Rebreather. (A closed or half-closed circulatory system) . Maldives.

DeepSee deep diving submersible Cocos Island Costa Rica

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Divers destroy invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans, Caribbean, Dominica, Central America

Cameraman with professional underwater video camera type RED Dragon X 6K Digital Cinema Camera in Nauticam underwater housing, Sulu Sea, Pacific Ocean, Palawan, Calamian Islands, Philippines, Asia

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Men and women examining El Naranjito sunken ship undersea

Diver on wreck with stove-pipe sponge (Aplysina archeri), St. George wreck, Bayahibe, Caribbean, America, Dominican Republic, Central America

Diver at Underwater Shipwreck

Diver at night surrounded by orange cup corals at the Superior Producer wreck dive site. Tubastraea coccinea. Superior Producer, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. . .

Diver with a Rebreather. (A closed or half-closed circulatory system) . Maldives.

Diver looking at illuminated soft corals (Alcyonacea) covered wreckage of sunken ship USS Liberty, Pacific Ocean, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

researcher fastens a piece of coral on the structure of bio-rock, method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, in taman sari bali cottages, karang lestari pemuteran project, desa pemuteran, singaraja, bali island, indonesia, pacific ocean date: 22.07.08 ref: zb777_117071_0006 compulsory credit: oceans-image/photoshot

Divers at 75' wide Mammoth Spring Entrance, FL, World's largest artesian Spring

Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) cultures and diver, Bruinisse, Netherlands

Abalone (Haliotis sp) removed from rock by diver, Channel Islands, California

Scuba diver examining the anchor of the FERGUSON wreck (1842). Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia

Speleologist diver inside a cave Pozo Azul Burgos Spain

Rebreather diver exploring the propeller of the Chrisoula K, The Tile Wreck Abu Nuhas, Egypt. Strait of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea

Scuba diver exploring ancient Roman mosaic from the third century AD, with maritime theme, made with black and white tessellatum tiles depicting seabed with dolphins, sea urchins, moray eels and other fish, in thermal complex of Lacus Baianus. Marine Protected Area of Baia, Naples, Italy. Tyrrhenian sea.

Dr. Sylvia Earle, holding a crab, scuba diving off the Florida Keys. Dr. Earle was once the chief scientist for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Diver looking at an underwater structure with velvet crab (Necora puber) and various clonal plumose anemones (Metridium senile) . Dive site Rinvyle, Co. Galway, Irish Sea, North Atlantic, Ireland, Europe

Underwater scene with scuba divers

Diver and propeller of the wreck Astron, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, Punta Cana, Caribbean Sea, Dominican Republic, Central America

Kapalai wreck, Diver observing wreck from outside, Kapalai, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Coke bottle from White Beach Wrecks, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, Oceania

USA, California, Divers catching California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) in Pacific Ocean

Diver explores Jacque Cousteau's Precontinent 2, Sudan, Africa, Red Sea, Shaab Rhumi, Africa

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Scuba diver exploring underwater cave

Diver finds Painted Rock Lobster, Panulirus versicolor, Maldives, Himendhoo Thila, North Ari Atoll

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Diver explores Jacque Cousteau's Precontinent 2, Sudan, Africa, Red Sea, Shaab Rhumi, Africa

ARQUEOLOGIA ACUATICA. FOTOGRAFIA SUBMARINA EN UN BARCO HUNDIDO.

Fiji, Cameramen use latest in high-tech, mixed-gas rebreather technology to film marine wildlife in Pacific Ocean

Older diver looking at feather star (Cenometra bella) on steep wall of coral reef, Pacific Ocean, Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia

Scientific instruments positioned on seabed. CNR volcanology research. Aeolian Islands. Sicily. Italy. (Photo by: Giorgio Mesturini/REDA&CO/UIG)

Diver looking at illuminated large polyp great star coral (Montastrea cavernosa) in Caribbean coral reef, Caribbean, Bahamas, Central America

Census of Great pearl in the Mediterranean Monaco

Suba Diver collecting coral under licence - Ceiling of underwater cave with Red Coral. 'Coraileur' from Marseille. He has one of the very view licences. Mediterranean.

Hawaii, Big Island, A Diver Approaching A Pen Of Almaco Jack (Seriola Rivoliana) At A Fish Farm.

Live Sharksucker Attached to Diver

Divers controlling the growth of oysters, Indonesia, Asia

Dr. Sylvia Earle

It s important to expire slowly and continuously to empty your lungs appropriately before the next inhalation

Scuba diver and Tube Worm Ventotene island Tyrrhenian Sea

Young man with camera photographing metal undersea

Tek (Trimix) speleologist diver in a karstic underwater cave over 70 meters deep, Photogrammetry, twiglight zone, Mayotte

Gorgon's head basketstar (Astroboa nuda), on reef at night with its arms extended to catch particles of drifting food. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. 06/06/2004

Scuba diver in a cage observing a Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Pacific, North America, Central America

Indonesia, Diver investigates yellow crinoid.

Diver (Aimee Brown) watching boulder star coral spawning. Montastraea annularis faviidae. Spawning occurs in September and October in Curacao. Seaquarium reef dive site, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. . Digital Photo (vertical).

Ancient Greek sarcophagus, Olympus, Lycian Coast, Turkey, Olympus, Asia

Diver looking at a barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Indonesia, Asia

Coral researchers gathering gamete bundles from staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Two divers eploring the outside of the famous wreck in Safaga Salem Express. Two divers exploring the sunken ferry Salen express

filming red sea jellyfish

Scuba diver and a Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Indonesia, Asia

Diver with crinoids, Pulau Lankayan, Sulu Sea, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

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Underwater scene with scuba diver

Mexico, Guadalupe Island offshore, Shark research divers in powered mobile cage looking for Great White Sharks.

ARQUEOLOGIA ACUATICA. FOTOGRAFIA SUBMARINA EN UN BARCO HUNDIDO.

Female free-diver looking at Nuytco underwater min-sub. Depth was approximately 40 feet. Seaquarium, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. . Digital Photo (horizontal).

Diver looking at tube anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus), Nereo cave, Sardinia.

Apnoea diver, Benjamin Franz

Researcher takes skin samples from bull sharks, Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Oceania

Female diver and sea anemone at the bottom of sea

Norbert Wu photographing under the ice in Antarctica on shelf of an iceberg, brine channel stalactite and sea ice ceiling

Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) broadcast releasing it's eggs into the ocean current for dispersal, Bali, Indonesia

Diver with torch - Cave dving Maya Cenotes Yucatan Mexico. The Yucatan Penisula is a huge limestone platform where water runs through an underground cave system. Part of the land has collapsed, creating sinkholes called Cenotes, which gives access to the underground system..

Deco bar with pure oxygen for divers after a deep wreck dive, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Oceania

Scuba Diver Behind Porthole

Diver, subglacial diving, ice diving, in the frozen Black Sea, a rare phenomenon, last time it occured in 1977, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe

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