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- Richter Art Gallery Opens on Bonaire
- Captain Dons Habitat SHOWS Commitment to A Better Environment
- Hot July Job Opportunities from ScubaJobsOnline.com
- DC Scuba Show Gaining Momentum, Local Interest
- Limited Recall of Apeks TX, ATX and XTX 2nd Stages
- Tawali Adventures Announces New Management Staff at Tawali Resort
Video clips
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Rinspeed presented its new sQuba, the worlds first diving car, at the Geneva Motor Show. The car is not only able to drive on roads autonomously with a push of a button (thus without a driver, passenger or further assistance), but can also transform into an amphibious vehicle which can be submerged in water up to 10 meters (33 feet). -
Part of DEMA's new Be a Diver national advertising campaign, this is just one of the tools to be used by DEMA and its members to grow the industry. -
Cenote Esqueleto also known as Temple of Doom is located off of Coba Road outside of Tulum. (Yucatán, Mexico). There is approximately a 300 yard trek through the jungle from the road. The cavern area is about 20 feet below ground level so the easiest entry to the cenote is to jump. There is a ladder for exiting.
Latest upload of X-Ray pdfs
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Published in X-Ray Issue: 15 - Feb 2007
|The Yucatan Peninsula is located in the south of the contiguous Mexican states. The ground here is heated by the tropical sun—35°C makes for a hot and impassable jungle. The bogs—littered with iguanas, snakes and crocodiles—are drying up. A rare trop-ical storm suddenly and unexpectedly flies up from the Caribbean Sea. Black clouds, peals of thunder, bright lighting, squalls of wind and rain last no more than 15–20 minutes and again the damp stuffy mind-melting weight of the stifling heat returns. It is not the best place to dwell for the white man. But this land saw an era over 1000 years ago, when it was occupied by a surprisingly small-in-stature, dark-skinned people—the Maya.Download pdf: Riviera Maya_____ -
Published in X-Ray Issue: 07 - Oct 2005
|Tasmania’s Southwest National Park and World Heritage Area is the land that time forgot, and most of the civilized world has never heard of Bathurst Harbour. It is the home of the world’s oldest living plant, Kings Holly (Lomatatia tasmanica) discovered in 1934 by the late Deny King, an environmentalist and local legend who lived in the area most of his adult life earning his living mining tin. On the banks of the Old River, bushwalkers able to penetrate the closely guarded secret location can admire a 10,500-year-old Huon Pine Tree. From the bird hide near the Melaleuca airstrip, you can watch the mating dance of a pair of orange bellied parrots, a species which breeds only in this region and has been saved from extinction by volunteers and the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. Apart from the rare flora and fauna, the landscape is as rugged and spectacular as any wilderness on earth.Download pdf: Black Water Diving_____
Opinions
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Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle is a renowned deep sea diver, National Geographic explorer-in-residence, and former Chief Scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When Earle spoke with EarthSky, she spoke on behalf of grasslands, streams, rivers — and especially for the sea. - This is the time, as never before, that the systems that do safeguard and give us life are in trouble. And that means we’re in trouble.
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Robert BallardOcean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?
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Jean-Michel CousteauFor 60 years the Cousteau family has been part of the greatest exploration of the ocean in all of history. Advancing his family's legacy, the mission of Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society is “to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating the ocean's vital importance to the survival of all life on our planet.
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Paul WatsonPaul Watson doesn't stay on dry land very much. Last year the tireless eco-warrior was at sea for 50 weeks, and this year he has spent just one week at his home in Washington State. As he puts it: "There's no rest when you're on planetary duty."
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Al GoreIn Al Gore's brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of "generational mission"
Event calendar
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11 Jul 2008 - 10:00 - 20 Jul 2008 - 18:47Dominica, Caribbean -
2 Aug 2008 - 16:00 - 10 Aug 2008 - 18:00Florida Keys, USA -
22 Oct 2008 - 11:00 - 25 Oct 2008 - 18:00Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -
10 Nov 2008 - 00:00 - 15 Nov 2008 - 00:00Eilat, Israel (Red Sea) -
12 Feb 2009 - 00:00 - 15 Feb 2009 - 00:00Moscow -
22 Mar 2009 - 03:00 - 23 Mar 2009 - 03:00Sydney, Australia
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Special Trips
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21 Mar 2009 - 00:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 00:00Destination Islas Revillagigedos - also known as Socorro Island(s)
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8 Jun 2008 - 16:05 - 30 Sep 2008 - 16:05 -
29 Sep 2008 - 00:00 - 5 Oct 2008 - 02:00Provence, Southern France -
10 Nov 2008 - 00:00 - 15 Nov 2008 - 00:00Eilat, Israel (Red Sea) -
23 Nov 2008 - 09:00 - 3 Dec 2008 - 16:00Tulamben, Bali -
21 Mar 2009 - 00:00 - 29 Mar 2009 - 00:00Islas Revillagigedos - also known as Socorro Island(s)
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Recommended reading
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This book is dedicated to Nitrox rebreather diving and the basic principles and skills that every rebreather diver should know and master. It covers some topics like balance and trim with a rebreather, risk management, and proper Nitrox dive planning.
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Outside headlines
- Last minute cancellation, July 19-27, 2008 Sharks and Dolphins
- NOAA Deploys "Smart Buoy” Near Mouth of the Rappahannock River
- Threatened species 'need help' finding cooler homes
- NOAA Hosts Educators Climate Change Conference Event Features Presentations by Sally Ride, Susan Solomon
- Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, and New Bedford, Mass. Remain Top Fishing Ports
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|Undersea volcanic activity triggered a mass extinction of marine life and buried a thick mat of organic matter on the sea floor about 93 million years ago, which became a major source of oil, according to a new study at University of Alberta in Canada.
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17 Jul 2008 - 17:26|“So far, there are some 40 registered participants and we expect about 200 divers to take part throughout the four-day event. Last year’s successful event saw the participation of 196 divers, said State Tourism, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Shafik Fauzan Sharif. -
|14 Jul 2008 - 22:34|English Heritage have compiled a list of the top 10 protected ship wrecks that are most at risk of being lost forever.
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|Undersea volcanic activity triggered a mass extinction of marine life and buried a thick mat of organic matter on the sea floor about 93 million years ago, which became a major source of oil, according to a new study at University of Alberta in Canada.
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|Officially opened by Chancellor Angela Merkel last week, the Ozeaneum, Germany is Europe’s biggest window on the marine environment in the Baltic and North seas and the North Atlantic Ocean.
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|The critically-endangered Maui’s dolphins, living only along the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, gets better protection from 1 October 2008, as set net and trawl fishing will be banned in more of the areas where Maui’s dolphins and Hector’s dolphins range.
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|The population of leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean has plummeted by over 90 percent in the last 20 years. Researchers hope by satelitte tagging this ocean faring creatures, will give some insight which can help the species survive.
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|A 12-person research team explore an area near the Florida Middle Grounds 100 to 200 miles off Florida's west coast at depths of 40 to 110 meters. They will study ancient submerged coastlines in the northeastern Gulf to determine where early Americans, known as the Clovis culture, might have lived more than 12,000 years ago when the underwater terrain was dry land.
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|(Via press realease from Aqualung) - This is limited to those 2nd stages/octopus that have not undergone an authorized annual service.
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|The Socotra Archipelago has been dubbed the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean. Here you find a diverse marine life. At the moment there is only one dive operator at the island, so this is still considered virgin diving.
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|Dive Fest is an annual event, now in its 14th year, organized by the Dominica Watersports Association (DWA) to focus attention the sport of diving, to educate the public about scuba diving as a tourism product and possible career path, and to raise awareness about Dominica.11 Jul 2008 - 10:00 - 20 Jul 2008 - 18:47 | Dominica, Caribbean | Dominica Dive Fest
Press releases
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DIVEHEART FOUNDATIONThe International Underwater Explorers Society (UNEXSO), Bahamas and the DIVEHEART FOUNDATION of Downers Grove, Illinois are pleased to announce the first disabled dive training course for instructors and dive buddies. -
Sedona Hotels InternationalSedona Hotels International calls celebration as Hotel Sedona Manado was awarded Indonesia's Leading Resort. -
Div’Ocean BonaireOn 21 May 2008, Div’Ocean, the newest dive school in Bonaire, opened its doors. -
Euro-Divers / SubmatixSubmatix is displaying it's rebreathers at Euro- Divers Egypt. The equipment is availiable for testing. You also have the opportunity to make a Submatix Rebreather course. This event takes place from September 15 to 19, 2008.
Photo & Video Workshops
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|Kurt Amsler's Advanced Workshop for analogue and digital photographers29 Sep 2008 - 00:00 - 5 Oct 2008 - 02:00 | Provence, Southern France | Hotel La Bastide
























