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39 unbelievable underwater pictures that will blow your mind

First of all, I don’t know for sure if any of these are shopped or tampered in any way; underwater photography is really peculiar and has its own ways of manipulating light and perspective. But let’s not worry about that for the moment. Let’s just sit back, relax, and enjoy our planet’s wonderful waters.     […]

Mihai Andrei
July 22, 2009 @ 11:02 am

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First of all, I don’t know for sure if any of these are shopped or tampered in any way; underwater photography is really peculiar and has its own ways of manipulating light and perspective. But let’s not worry about that for the moment. Let’s just sit back, relax, and enjoy our planet’s wonderful waters.

Image by Open Stax College

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Photo by Gabriel Barathieu.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Photo by SuNeko

Photo by SuNeko

Photo by Pseudopanax.

Photo by Steve Jurvetson.

Photo by Steve Jurvetson.

Photo by Hodgers.

Photo by Fascinating Universe

 

 

 

 

All photos CC BY 3.0 or CC0

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