The Amazing Sea Creature Photos

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="desc" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">More than 700 images were submitted for this year's underwater photography contest, put on annually by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9w3ugMvWL5ZEahE0aeOlVjz1u0gXbYZVw2qZXi4K3fXVVD1TFxspcMZKiNF-Gs6EF7kfnIDgx9Wr1Lpwr9hAWV2kcgSGCyF_wZ1xjjrirC9AwsCj8-JLCHR0fCj78WJYmH0b__TZYgUU/s1600/Sea_Slug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sea Slug" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9w3ugMvWL5ZEahE0aeOlVjz1u0gXbYZVw2qZXi4K3fXVVD1TFxspcMZKiNF-Gs6EF7kfnIDgx9Wr1Lpwr9hAWV2kcgSGCyF_wZ1xjjrirC9AwsCj8-JLCHR0fCj78WJYmH0b__TZYgUU/s1600/Sea_Slug.jpg" title="Sea Slug" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Overall Winner</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ximena Olds – U.S. Virgin Islands</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">This dashing headshield sea slug photo taken by Ximena Olds (Florida) snagged "best overall" award.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l10_UTi6aKgSlWn3NjcSjBrPNcxdAJSgkfvadUa-gvI0MldB5srXYu23Pir7IRr3ScPKVOx-ZK0KQKk0KxSodHbOi7FLQyj4tYwSNQK9V3TQOfd7oeEHFHHkYagUv2lxJcuFSLtoTixD/s1600/Dutch_Caribbean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dutch Caribbean" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l10_UTi6aKgSlWn3NjcSjBrPNcxdAJSgkfvadUa-gvI0MldB5srXYu23Pir7IRr3ScPKVOx-ZK0KQKk0KxSodHbOi7FLQyj4tYwSNQK9V3TQOfd7oeEHFHHkYagUv2lxJcuFSLtoTixD/s1600/Dutch_Caribbean.jpg" title="Dutch Caribbean" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Macro</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taking home first place in the Macro category, Canadian Todd Mintz's photo of these cute-as-can-be yellownose gobies, Elacatinus randalli, peering out from bolder brain coral in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvpv5CtNyXTkwCni5RM_EJ4XjPiyrwEHrI-2O8uDfTHtpwvLGtc0ejgPTAzX0lDTx3AfAQBoB0UnQLCe97-4GW5lzFtm7Czffl5VI4QimCcMi6m0MXA6Dn8k-h0ndU0_YpaW6bc0RAjXi/s1600/Marine_Animal_Portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marine Animal" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvpv5CtNyXTkwCni5RM_EJ4XjPiyrwEHrI-2O8uDfTHtpwvLGtc0ejgPTAzX0lDTx3AfAQBoB0UnQLCe97-4GW5lzFtm7Czffl5VI4QimCcMi6m0MXA6Dn8k-h0ndU0_YpaW6bc0RAjXi/s1600/Marine_Animal_Portrait.jpg" title="Marine Animal" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fish or Marine Animal Portrait</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Though this animal doesn't look like a tot, indeed the behemoth is just a babe, a juvenile sperm whale. The photo, taken in Dominica by Douglas Kahle of Florida took home first place in the animal portrait category. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiLELLV2sdZmExR9AuCzVFHnTELGx81E50abYfe44mny8DKZf0DbXLkIH8W4meCL9QFRUuTGYiP9MuUOaXG17chpu4GeSiYVEVjLLemcDbBZM-y8aPjQQo-311aI_qp7T0eSkNYVdQKz-/s1600/Lionfish.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Wide-angle" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiLELLV2sdZmExR9AuCzVFHnTELGx81E50abYfe44mny8DKZf0DbXLkIH8W4meCL9QFRUuTGYiP9MuUOaXG17chpu4GeSiYVEVjLLemcDbBZM-y8aPjQQo-311aI_qp7T0eSkNYVdQKz-/s1600/Lionfish.jpg" title="Wide-angle" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Wide-angle</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">First place in the Wide Angle category went to this Lionfish, a species in the genus Pterois, in the Red sea, taken by Mark Fuller from Israel. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1uliAZuLzKGabUQ_O5Qpv83KcHaR-rbwWKWhX4seuN2sJBLW42GBBmFUF-RR7My9b8I0qB0iYkjrix714NM777Fy71AaG61lEZiapHJ4S1nCRaoOtn3_mfuRnM0DA3lKFJWMjhN9xW6B/s1600/Chrysaora_Quinquecirrh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fan Favorite" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1uliAZuLzKGabUQ_O5Qpv83KcHaR-rbwWKWhX4seuN2sJBLW42GBBmFUF-RR7My9b8I0qB0iYkjrix714NM777Fy71AaG61lEZiapHJ4S1nCRaoOtn3_mfuRnM0DA3lKFJWMjhN9xW6B/s1600/Chrysaora_Quinquecirrh.jpg" title="Fan Favorite" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fan Favorite</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Todd Aki, Florida for the picture of Sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrh taken on an early morning shore dive off the Breakwater at Monterey, California, USA </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9e-PonKhEiCp4OfVbjjsUIiaSv_vxuOm0I-1QTGtjwet2TQZHbJ-DFsXbJ0n41IWNde4xn8ehtdmNVtdmeAsTs7WjAU1UU71MAndO4mKcfcgiHH_J6cPQ-i2DZ09-Er5-agos9NaFviu/s1600/Porcelain_Crab_Porcellanella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Porcelain Crab Porcellanella" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9e-PonKhEiCp4OfVbjjsUIiaSv_vxuOm0I-1QTGtjwet2TQZHbJ-DFsXbJ0n41IWNde4xn8ehtdmNVtdmeAsTs7WjAU1UU71MAndO4mKcfcgiHH_J6cPQ-i2DZ09-Er5-agos9NaFviu/s1600/Porcelain_Crab_Porcellanella.jpg" title="Porcelain Crab Porcellanella" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Macro 2nd Place</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Davide Lopresti, Italy for the picture of Porcelain crab Porcellanella sp. on feathery sea pen Komodo National Park, Indonesia </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4obZf2XL3Jux8bR08YbQsgctjD9GmJWJyq-Tis4bXh1Vg2PRUuxjRZ1XTL-c6Yg16cTcDhu_y83hKHGTxevWSIVMBsNCT8sDIxKAinR7rNa3ri5vJs0tPEtwM94E2ZDZcPp4LK8ENcQu/s1600/Emperor_Shrimp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Emperor Shrimp" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4obZf2XL3Jux8bR08YbQsgctjD9GmJWJyq-Tis4bXh1Vg2PRUuxjRZ1XTL-c6Yg16cTcDhu_y83hKHGTxevWSIVMBsNCT8sDIxKAinR7rNa3ri5vJs0tPEtwM94E2ZDZcPp4LK8ENcQu/s1600/Emperor_Shrimp.jpg" title="Emperor Shrimp" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Macro 3rd Place</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marcello DiFrancesco, Italy for the picture of Emperor shrimp, Periclimenes imperator takes at Ambon, Indonesia </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdQbJ3iz_3lWW5xdB5wKyr2dQOOeZr8miG9hMacz5IuG_cG81lKb-TKphR1KXGKGDBWaHacQnX72tTnDk9Phr_gtCckYHflOZEWJ2nq3QjWs0W8_BYKEwQah0Tm0OJ3GIQDW7yBYcDwlT/s1600/Soft_Corals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Soft Corals" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdQbJ3iz_3lWW5xdB5wKyr2dQOOeZr8miG9hMacz5IuG_cG81lKb-TKphR1KXGKGDBWaHacQnX72tTnDk9Phr_gtCckYHflOZEWJ2nq3QjWs0W8_BYKEwQah0Tm0OJ3GIQDW7yBYcDwlT/s1600/Soft_Corals.jpg" title="Soft Corals" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Wide-angle 3rd Place</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bill Lamp’l, Florida for the picture of Soft corals and scalefin anthias taken at Bligh Water, Fiji. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvHhVp5cz4pcqWTU_OZzs-L8pkLZWqe_t5QuKH1_1kEZAifn9It7Orn7NPShgZNPgiI-ZHuMlALc1gSkf4W7mdBYBWkhi21Aagm9kOzBeX5n19IqR9yLYR0ITZP2ZP5YLbWtJZFZKIrmV/s1600/Nudibranch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nudibranch" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvHhVp5cz4pcqWTU_OZzs-L8pkLZWqe_t5QuKH1_1kEZAifn9It7Orn7NPShgZNPgiI-ZHuMlALc1gSkf4W7mdBYBWkhi21Aagm9kOzBeX5n19IqR9yLYR0ITZP2ZP5YLbWtJZFZKIrmV/s1600/Nudibranch.jpg" title="Nudibranch" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 3rd Place</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nicholas Samaras, Greece for the picture of Nudibranch, Cratena peregrina (Chalkidiki, Greece) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8O0RZpkEEWl0wj8caZa9bGno4FyE7ptBJHJIf30EbgND3dHNqM968Ta5ltg-j_xWh1XUltheEUpXIbIkpTG0cDEkJvjNJiTkVg9TSUUVCKIImiJ0fVGdAAgtN9KhEkG8ZmcK6hUq2Y98/s1600/Whale+shark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Whale shark" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8O0RZpkEEWl0wj8caZa9bGno4FyE7ptBJHJIf30EbgND3dHNqM968Ta5ltg-j_xWh1XUltheEUpXIbIkpTG0cDEkJvjNJiTkVg9TSUUVCKIImiJ0fVGdAAgtN9KhEkG8ZmcK6hUq2Y98/s1600/Whale+shark.jpg" title="Whale shark" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Best Student Entry</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kyra Hartog for the picture of Whale shark, Rhincodon typus (Isla Mujeres, Mexico) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEizklf__-d4VtQKXst9puWs44OaEjCbenMscJB5Xn0-KetNTBdeh-aTU2C1fINiz5DtOubCVFU2MqRNudRuHfTOCfvK8QCQbXqHYx_AqLPDQ4DgTGVwnS-v0vOoa9BNJxQeY6AZtsF_c/s1600/Harlequin_Shrimp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Harlequin Shrimp" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEizklf__-d4VtQKXst9puWs44OaEjCbenMscJB5Xn0-KetNTBdeh-aTU2C1fINiz5DtOubCVFU2MqRNudRuHfTOCfvK8QCQbXqHYx_AqLPDQ4DgTGVwnS-v0vOoa9BNJxQeY6AZtsF_c/s1600/Harlequin_Shrimp.jpg" title="Harlequin Shrimp" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Student 2nd Place</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Phillip Gillette for the picture of Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta(Similan Islands, Thailand) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Source: <a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/award-winning-sea-creature-photos-1334913671-slideshow/award-winning-sea-creature-photos-photo-1334912271.html">www.yahoo.com</a></span></div></div>

The Amazing Sea Creature Photos

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