If we had them in this country I would so go for that.
The best I can hope for is a badger's den.

The dead sea everything.

It does look surreal but it's not fake. That's me in the photo.
 

Welcome to the Cellar, Neptune.

The light in the background is a huge lamp like is used to light a stage, made water tight. The grunts are very curious fish and are drawn to the motion.

There were thousands of photos taken, over 3 days, for this one picture in NatGeo, 40 minutes were dedicated to photographing this one scene.

No dead people. Cremated remains mixed with cement in shapes like starfish.
 

Neptune, thank you.

(Can I say I told you so?)

WELCOME. I must hear more about your diving experiences. I haven't been in years.

Remains of what? Dead people.

Good point.

Where do I start? I've been working on this project for 8 years and have logged nearly 900 dives there. It's the dives that give us trouble that we remember, like having your regulator mouth-piece come off without your knowing or the boat turning 180 on the mooring during a storm too heavy to see the boat...
Things like forgetting the weightbelt or running out of air stop being memorable after the first few dozen times.

Welcome Neptune Reef. I am delighted to see you here, I hope you'll stick around.

Oh, great shot, great shot. I'm an unstoppable snapshotter (not photographer) and I love looking at others' pictures. I've taken a few in and under the water and I have a little appreciation for just how freakin complicated it is to do it, never mind do it so well.

Nice to meetcha.

Thanks CM. The article that goes with that photo from the Feb. issue of NatGeo is here: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...arrigan-text/4

Dolphins.

Should we explain that to Neptune?

no, don't