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X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 B17 Black Jack Wreck Lying undisturbed in the deep water just off the fringing reef from the remote village... WW2 \| Aircraft \| Papua New Guinea	X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Alaska - Juneau to Sitka A dive trip to the U.S. State of Alaska is a true adventure, both above and below the... Alaska \| Pacific North West	X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Sidemount Workshop – a matter of comfort When I started scuba diving, I became aware of the limitations of an injured body.... Course reviews
X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Diving with Dinosaurs My guide and I saw the croc on the surface, basking in the sun, laying on the papyrus... Adventure \| Africa	X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Close-Up & Macro Close-up or macro photography is a specialized form of underwater photography where... How to... \| Lawson Wood	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Nuweiba To find seclusion, special locations need to be found. One of these is Nuweiba, up in... Destination reports \| Red Sea
X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Jill Heinerth Jill Heinerth, whose first job was a newspaper route in her home town of Toronto,... Florida \| People \| Profiles \| Cave Diving	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Have Rebreather, Will Travel As the word, rebreather, gains readership in diving magazines, brings novelty to shows... Rebreathers \| Tips for Travellers	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Tranquility in Taba The northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea is full of new opportunities and... Destination reports \| Red Sea
X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Lanzarote A small, warm, sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean island with enough tourist visitors to make... Canary Islands \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Think fast as a Squid Squids, octopus and cuttlefish (who all belong to the phylum of molluscs) are among... Squid and Octopus \| Biology	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Do's and Don't's of Responsible Shark Diving Maybe the concept of ‘responsible shark diving’ sounds a little oxymoronic, but there... Sharks \| Behaviour
X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Grand Bahama Have you always wanted to dive with sharks? Hug a dolphin? Explore shipwrecks, caves... Destination reports \| Bahamas \| Sharks	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Deep D(r)iving Motivations Every time I think of deep diving, both good and bad memories surface together in my... aquaCORPS Magazine	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Bahamas — Diving the Islands The Bahamas are an English speaking island nation known to most of us, but for very... Bahamas \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Tagging Sharks in Palau Using state-of-the-art “internal tags” with a battery life of more than ten years,... Micronesia \| Conservation \| Sharks	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Nudibranch Safari The 2012 Nudibranch Safari at Gulen Dive Resort was a phenomenal success. A staggering... Nudibranchs \| Scandinavia \| Norway	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Wolfgang Leander Shark man Wolfgang Leander has taken on legendary status in the diving world with his... Profiles \| Conservation \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Zavora & Tofo Mention Africa to most divers and the Red Sea or South Africa usually springs to mind... Destination reports \| Mozambique	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Yap - Home of the big stuff You name it and you know it—the itching and scratching in the morning, those five... Destination reports \| Micronesia \| Rays	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Periphylla —Aliens of the Deep The jet-black rubber RIB was running flat out in the February night. We were sweeping... Atlantic \| Norway \| Jellyfish
X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 On Your Own: The Buddy System Rebutted Buddies are not essential for a safe dive. On the contrary, buddies often increase... aquaCORPS Magazine	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Port Hardy (British Columbia) aboard the Nautilus Swell It wasn’t until Wayne and I were actually leaving Port Hardy aboard the new liveaboard... British Columbia \| Destination reports \| Canada	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Southern Belize Hello. My name is Kelly and I’m a dive-aholic. I freely admit it. I’m unabashedly,... Destination reports \| Belize
X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 The Islands of Yap In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. When He reflected on His... Micronesia \| Eastern Pacific \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Mangroves - Nurseries of the Sea Mangrove forests are significant habitats that exist throughout the tropical belt... Ecosystems	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Tech Wreck Park in Sweden A group of Swedish divers is working on creating a wreck park in Lake Vättern. Vättern... Baltic \| Sweden \| Tall and wooden ships
X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Dive Voluntourism DiVo is based in Australia. Its aim is to bring more recreational divers to active... Australia \| Conservation	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Composition What is Composition? In its most basic definition, composition is the arrangement of... How to... \| DivePhotoGuide	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 False Killer Whales — Enchanting Cetaceans of Dominica Once or twice in a rare Blue Moon, opportunity sometimes comes along and hits you on... Whales \| Lawson Wood \| Dominica \| Caribbean
X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Call it "High-Tech" Diving Some of the most experienced leaders in the scuba world are dead set against releasing... aquaCORPS Magazine	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Grenada The island of Grenada is affectionately known as the Spice Isle for its exotic spices... Destination reports \| Grenada	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Humpbacks — The Tale of a Drive-by Fluking Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are intelligent, communicative, aerobatic,... Whales \| Dominican Republic
X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Azores It’s been almost 15 years since my first visit to the Azores. I was studying law then and... Atlantic \| Portugal \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Sayaka Kajita Ganz My working process is reminiscent of my experiences growing up in several different... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Snoots When I began shooting underwater 15 years ago, the underwater photography world was... How to... \| Keri Wilk
X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Stingray City Like it or hate it, Grand Cayman Island is still home to one of the most legendary... Rays \| Cayman Islands \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Cayman Islands —A guided tour with Cathy Church When people ask me where my favorite dive spots in the entire world are, I have to... Destination reports \| Cayman Islands	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Team Diving Recreational diver training agencies have always encouraged divers to adopt the buddy... Training \| Mark Powell
X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Ghostfishing It is the nightmare of every diver who dives the Dutch North Sea—getting entangled in... Conservation \| North Sea	X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Channel Islands - The Realm of the Giant Kelp For those of us fortunate enough to call Southern California home, the Channel Islands... California \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Shooting Below Decks Not all sunken ships are the same. There are shallow wrecks, deep wrecks, very old... How to... \| WW2
X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Gozo Island “Somehow, I can’t imagine lawnmowers being a high selling item here,” was one of my... Destination reports \| Malta	X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Kamchatka — Russia’s Mysterious East “Is there diving in Kamchatka?” my buddy asked me while inspecting a map of Russia on... Destination reports \| Asia Pacific \| Russia \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Caelum Mero Underwater fashion photographer, Caelum Mero of Australia, has developed a unique... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Dive Watches When trying to determine if a particular watch is suitable for diving, first of all,... How to...	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Seize the Day For centuries, the Diamond Shoals off North Carolina have been collecting shipwrecks.... Atlantic Coast \| Sharks	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Field Work Now, we have our camera and all of its ancillary added on bits. We have checked that... Still photography \| Lawson Wood
X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Cephalopods - Jet-powered Masters of Disguise Most cephalopods—the group in which scientists classify octopuses, squid, cuttlefish... Squid and Octopus \| Molluscs	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Technical Diving Equipment The equipment used by technical divers differs considerably from that used by... Mark Powell	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Utila - Jewel of Honduras “If you’ve been to South East Asia, don’t bother with the Caribbean” is a phrase I’ve... Destination reports \| Honduras
X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Göran Ehlmé Göran Ehlmé of Sweden has planned and led many field trips to the polar areas and was... Profiles \| Sweden	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Why Digital? Before we get into the picture-taking business, let us look at some of the jargon and... Still photography \| Lawson Wood	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Shifting Baseline Syndrome: Are you afflicted? It’s early afternoon. The sun is beating down and mosquitoes are humming. Another... Ecosystems \| Florida \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Cruise Ship Diving Diving from a cruise ship? How do you enter the water? Must be a heck of a drop if you... Destination reports \| Tips for Travellers \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Maximo Laura My work is nourished by symbols, stories, traditions, rituals, experiences, and by... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 A Voyage to the Antarctica At 2:00 am, it is already daylight on Pléneau Island, a place where floating... Destination reports \| Antartica
X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Sweden World-class diving in a challenging environment. Destination reports \| Scandinavia \| WW2 \| Baltic \| WW1 \| Submarines \| Sweden \| Cold war \| Deep Wrecks \| Older warships \| Salvaging and preservation \| Archaeology \| Medieval vessels \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Spiny Dogfish You won’t find Spiny dogfish on most shark diver’s ‘bucket lists’. In fact, the only... Sharks \| Andy Murch	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Wetsuits anno 2010 Today’s modern wetsuit embodies technology that benefits divers with an abundant... Wetsuits \| How to...
X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Mike Valentine - Underwater Cinematographer You wonder, sometimes, how things link up. For example, how is a scuba diving suit... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Lessons from Technical Diving Diving is an activity that appeals to a huge selection of people, and within diving,... Training \| Mark Powell \| United Kingdom	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Digital Camera Choice So, where do we start? And what type of camera do we buy? Should we go for the DSLR (... How to... \| Still photography \| Lawson Wood \| Pacific
X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Sperm Whales Of Dominica The memory of my first sperm whale encounter is so visceral that I can almost feel... Whales \| Locations \| Behaviour \| Dominica	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 The virtues remain the same Underwater photography has been around well over 150 years and has accompanied humans... How to... \| Still photography \| Lawson Wood	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Choosing a Technical Instructor As I have grown to be an experienced diver, my standard for choosing an instructor to... Training
X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Stingrays - Winged Wonders of the Canary Islands Los Gigantes is a small fishing community on the west side of Tenerife in the Canary... Canary Islands \| Rays \| Locations \| Andy Murch \| Spain	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Cozumel Yes, I know, Cozumel must have already been reviewed several times since you took up... Destination reports \| Mexico \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Rich Walker Rich Walker is a full-time instructor with Global Underwater Explorers in the United... Profiles
X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Sea Glass Sea glass has become very popular as a component in jewelry, chimes, sun catchers and... Ocean Arts	X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 The Sound of Mull and Oban Western Scotland There is a point in the journey to the west coast of Scotland just a little way north... Destination reports \| Scotland \| United Kingdom	X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 Odyssey of the Life Amphibious Expedition We were headed for the island of Kefalonia off the western coast of mainland Greece.... Feature \| People \| Mediterranean \| Greece
X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 Backlight Impressive backlit images do not necessarily require the use of a flash. Just aim... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 The Mermaids called Haenyeo The island of Jeju, Korea, is an island of myths, gods and goddesses. It is also the... Feature \| People	X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Moscow River “Moscow—Port of Five Seas” is written on the banner of the north river terminal in... Unique Divesite \| Russia
X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Great White Shark Dive with Amos Nachoum How to get out of the protective cage and swim with the Great White shark—that’s what... Locations \| Sharks \| Mexico \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Going Wide The notion that wide-angle lenses can only be used for large subject matter is common... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Technical Diving Paradise In Pacific NW I often raise a few eyebrows when I exclaim, “I’ll take diving in the Pacific... British Columbia \| Pacific North West \| Deep Wrecks \| Canada \| United States
X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Solomon Islands I’m nervous. That’s not an unusual feeling for me when embarking on a challenging dive... Destination reports \| Solomon Islands \| South Pacific	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Sipadan revisited I’ve always been both somewhat envious and intrigued by what Sabah, Malaysian’s... Malaysia	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Shipwreck Appreciation & Conservation Many divers already know that you shouldn’t remove artifacts from a shipwreck. In... Rob Rondeau \| Salvaging and preservation \| Archaeology
X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Time to dive dry? Some of the Latest & Hottest in drysuits and undergarments How to...	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Clement Lee Clement Lee is the embodiment of the entrepreneurial dive industry pioneer. In this... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Reefs & Rainforests Conservation Success Stories in Borneo’s Sabah region Malaysia
X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Kids Love To Dive Reaching out to a new generation of divers Feature \| People \| Malaysia	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Jewels of Tanzania - African Safari & Pemba Island Diving Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti... boasting a wealth of natural beauty... Africa \| Destination reports \| Tanzania	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Zanzibar - Diving Unguja & Pemba Island The spacious, purpose-built dhow slid through the calm Indian Ocean. We were briefed... Africa \| Destination reports \| Zanzibar
X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Diving the Delta - Botswana’s Okavango River Carrying all we would need for the next five days, our expedition team travelled some... Africa \| Locations \| Tony White	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Scapa Flow - The Wrecks of Scotland’s Orkney Islands Situated 25 km (15 miles) north of the Scottish mainland, the Orkney Islands are... Atlantic \| Destination reports \| WW1 \| Lawson Wood \| United Kingdom \| European Seas \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Extreme Exploration Dives How to master the complexities of extensive explorations of underwater caves and other... Cave Diving \| Pascal Bernabé \| Europe
X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Marine Protected Areas At the moment there are approximately 5000 marine protected areas (MPAs), located... Conservation	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Marcelo Tatsuyoshi Kato Do water and paper mix? Yes, they do in the Marcelost World created by the Japanese... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Tantalizing Tofo Four hundred and fifty kilometres north of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, and half an... Africa \| Destination reports \| Mozambique
X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Skookumchuck - Challenging the Rapids Viewing a torrent of flowing liquid turmoil while safe and dry on shore is enough to... British Columbia \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Diving into Mysteries Off North Carolina As I stand on the upper deck of the Midnight Express, one of two dive boats operated... Atlantic Coast \| Locations \| United States	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Crystal River I once had a cat that approached me exactly like that. Coming right at me, top of the... Florida \| Unique Divesite \| Manatees and Dugongs
X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Lessons learned - A thirst for life. Not all technical dives end up successfully; unforeseen circumstances often make an... Feature \| Training \| Lessons Learned \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Bonaire - A Diver's Paradise The small island of Bonaire is part of the island group called the Dutch Caribbean and... Destination reports \| Bonaire \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 To Boldly Go Where.... The Star Trek Legacy goes underwater Profiles
X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Blaschka This summer, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Shipwreck CSI Marine archaeology is a specialized science that combines techniques developed by land... Rob Rondeau \| Salvaging and preservation \| Archaeology \| Medieval vessels	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Panning, Zooming & Rear Curtain Sync These are special photographic techniques that have long been used for many years by... How to... \| Still photography \| Tony White
X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Turks & Caicos Islands Oh yes, the sharks are circling. Can you say ‘Amen’? With an accent hinting of both... Destination reports \| Turks & Caicos	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 British Columbia’s Reefs of Steel I could hear a low rumble as detonated explosives echoed down long empty corridors and... British Columbia \| News & updates \| Artifical Reefs \| Canada	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Odyssea Marine Exploration Millis Keegan interviews Odyssey Marine Exploration’s Principal Marine Archaeologist... Profiles \| Treasure hunting
X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Illumination Nice subject matter and good visibility is a prerequisite for a great image. But just... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Ana Bikic Originally from Argentina, artist and scuba diver Ana Bikic believes that art should... Florida \| Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Leatherback Expedition Save Our Leatherbacks Operation completed its fourth year of expeditions to the... Turtles \| Conservation \| Papua \| Indonesia
X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Aftermath — at the nuclear playground During the period between 1945 and 1958, a total of 67 nuclear tests were conducted on... Central Pacific \| Destination reports \| Deep Wrecks \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Journey to Bikini Atoll In contrast to the Bikini report by the expert Dutch expedition, X-RAY MAG’s Barb Roy... Central Pacific \| Destination reports \| Locations \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Yoga & Diving A place without distraction, a place without time. The place one can find... Girl Diver
X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Maldives Sea Safari One thousand and 192 islands, islets and sand cays string the 26 atolls of the... Destination reports \| Maldives	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Photo & Ice Diving Ice diving is always something out of the ordinary. The atmosphere, colors, flora and... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Jim Bram - A talk with NAUIs president NAUI turns 50. Are the founding principles still valid half a century later, have they... Profiles \| NAUI
X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Barents Sea All along the shores of the Kola Peninsula in North Russia, Finno-Ugric tribes (... Destination reports \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Frank Russell These days anything we can do to help the environment and recycle is a good idea.... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Rebreather for Cave Diving The use of rebreathers in caves is nothing new. Decades ago, Hans and Lotte Hass used... Rebreathers \| Cave Diving \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Are Puget Sound Orcas starving to death? Two of the resident orca families from Puget sound —L and K pods—have been seen in... Dolphins \| Pacific North West	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 No Flash Taking photos underwater without a flash is not common, but it actually is easier than... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Pierre Sentjens Pierre Sentjens is an artist and painter living in Brussels, Belgium. X-RAY MAG caught... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Beluhas of the White Sea New Sea Farm Raises White Whales in the White Sea Whales \| Locations \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Bali - the island of Gods Bali. It’s a name synonymous with a tropical island paradise, conjuring up images of... Bali \| Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Bali’s East Coast When India’s Prime Minister Pandit Nehru visited Bali in 1950 to attend celebrations... Bali \| Destination reports \| Indonesia
X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Beluhas of the White sea Natural reserves, nurseries, marine parks, aquariums and farms that save different... Whales \| Locations \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Seven Deadly Sins Except if you spent a few years in a catholic church or a few hours enjoying the movie... Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Ron and Valerie Taylor Valerie Taylor, along with her husband Ron, are two of the true pioneers of... Profiles
X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Thetis Island Tallen, my youngest daughter and part-time dive buddy entered the cool emerald... British Columbia \| Locations	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Bangaram Island Dreaming of diving off an uninhabited tropical island? Doing this by liveaboard boat... Destination reports \| Indian Ocean	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Three Caribbean Islands It’s not by chance that the producers of the Pirates of the Caribbean series of... Dominica \| Caribbean
X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Night Photography Night diving is the ultimate for many divers. Underwater photography without light is... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Pay & Play The ocean has been regarded as a global commons whose resources are inexhaustible and... Feature \| Conservation	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Deconstructing a 330m World Record Dive This is the moment I have waited for for years. I sit comfortably on the side of Denis... Pascal Bernabé
X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Girls on Speed Hollywood blockbuster Mission Impossible III shows Ving Rhames diving beneath the... Girl Diver	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 No Secret for Victoria! What does a fish exporter from Norway, a Chief Information Officer and diving... Rebreathers \| Mediterranean \| Deep Wrecks \| Cedric Verdier \| Older warships	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Maintenance & Care Dependable and well functioning camera equipment is the foundation of good pictures.... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Diving with Weapons of mass destruction The Swedish Coast Guard is responsible for surveillance of and response to oil... Baltic \| Sweden \| Ecosystem changes	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Tamariu - a hidden secret I made up my mind quite a long time ago about whether or not I should entrust you with... Destination reports \| Mediterranean \| Spain	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Sardines. Dolphins, Sharks ... South Africa! Since times long forgotten, the promise of treasures such as diamonds, gold and... Africa \| Destination reports \| South Africa
X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 What to think about before buying a rebreather One morning, sooner or later, you will wake up with a strange sensation—as if some... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 The Girl in the Bubble Time travel becomes reality, as I descend beneath the waterline in a 1944 Mark V Hard... Girl Diver	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Success Stories in Troubled Waters The race to save animal species from extinction is as important as ever before. There... Conservation
X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Pulau Weh - Rebirth of Paradise after the Tsunami On a beautiful day just like any other, divers in the water were enjoying the... Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 North Sulawesi unplugged I can’t help likening this island to a chromosome. It’s contorted shape not only looks... Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Black & White Even in the digital age, black and white photographs are still viewed as art. In this... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Corals for sale The exploitation of corals has depleted stocks all over the world. This is not only... Feature \| Conservation \| Corals	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Find Wally Is it mimicry, mimesis or camouflage? Behaviour \| Fish	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Where the Girls Are… Gorgeous neoprene clad GirlDivers have long graced the covers of the scuba periodicals... Girl Diver
X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Thingvellir, Iceland As I slide out of the shallow basin and drag myself past the top edge of the drop-off... Unique Divesite \| Iceland	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Hans Hass Many, many divers, underwater photographers and filmmakers, when asked about the... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Pascal Bernabé A conversation with technical diver and depth record breaker, Pascal Bernabé.... Profiles \| Pascal Bernabé
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Vis - Croatia If there is any hidden secret in the Mediterranean, it is the island of Vis. For many... Adriatic \| Destination reports \| Croatia	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Fitness for technical divers There is no such thing as safe technical rebreather diving without proper preparation... Training \| Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 The shape of the Hammerhead's head Why the peculiar head shape of the hammerhead shark developed as it did has been the... Sharks \| Behaviour
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 The Perfect Workflow Without a proper workflow when doing digital photographing, the quality of your images... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 The Bubbling Reefs Imagine a beautiful shallow green water reef with kelp, anemones and sponges among... Denmark \| Scandinavia \| Unique Divesite	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Cornwall - Cornish reefs Global diving travel has become increasingly easy over the last decade or so,... Destination reports \| United Kingdom
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Debugging the sunscreen factor Just like GirlDivers don’t go under the waves without our “life support system”, we... Mermaid Matters	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Locomotion The way an animal gets around in the sea and or in the air depends, fundamentally, on... Biology	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 10 Q & A’s About DIR Rebreather What is DIRrebreather? Since its implementation a few years ago, the Doing It... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 The Hunt For S8 Below some ragged pieces of wreckage lying on the bottom beside the hull, I see... Scandinavia \| Baltic \| Submarines \| Sweden \| Cold war \| Deep Wrecks	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Photographing Wrecks A photographer’s heart always seems to beat a little faster when it comes to taking... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Rescue in Remote locations Do you plan to explore a deep virgin wreck? Is it your dream to discover a unique cave... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Acidification of the Oceans There has been much discussion in recent years about the effect of increasing global... Oceanography \| Black Sea	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Naked beauties Most divers have seen them. Weird-looking crawling creatures with odd shapes, antennae... Nudibranchs	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Claiming the North Pole On August 2, 2007, the weather was good at the North Pole. The sea was calm, the water... Oceanography \| People \| Technology \| Arctic
X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 A talk with Richard Pyle Biologist, rebreather diver, inventor of Pyle Stops or... database manager X-RAY MAG... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 Temperature We have previously looked at the various properties of water which have an effect on... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 They are all Transsexuals The popular anemone fishes are mostly known for their symbiosis with giant sea... Behaviour \| Fish
X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 Environmental Awareness for Photographers It is sad, but true—underwater photographers do not have a good track record or... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 A Stretcher In Deep Water That’s it! We managed to take a stretcher to a depth of 54 meters and a total distance... Training	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 Sidemounts - A matter of Convenience It has been a year now since I started to exclusively side-mount the off-board tanks... Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 A phone call is all that it takes We have reported on the plight of the sea turtles before. We have reported how they... Bali \| NGOs \| Turtles \| Conservation \| Kurt Amsler \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Lamps Do divers really need underwater lamps? It is a simple question to which... How to...	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Nitrogen Narcosis Nitrogen narcosis, or “rapture of the deep,” is one of those things that some divers... DivePsych
X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Osmosis We have written much here in this magazine about the different properties of water.... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Saving the Turtles on Bali Your support made the difference. Your support is still needed. This is... Bali \| Turtles \| Conservation \| Kurt Amsler \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Rescuing a Rebreather Diver How to deal with an unconscious rebreather diver? The title of this article... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Lyngstøls vattnet - Norway Norway. The Norang valley is clothed in pale green birch leaves and sprouting grass,... Scandinavia \| Unique Divesite \| Locations \| Norway	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Working with Models Incredible as it may sound, one of the most difficult creatures to shoot under water... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 White nights at the White Sea Russia. I am here. I am gripped by a sense of disbelief. As the tundra flies past the... Destination reports \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Saltstraumen The current grabs you as soon as you enter the water. Your first thought, this is... Destination reports \| Scandinavia \| Norway \| North Sea	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Fish for all Fish stocks are depleted world-wide. Over fishing, pollution and coastal development... Conservation \| Fish	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Fabulous Fiji Scott Bennett writes: I’d like to introduce you to some of our friends, enthused our... Destination reports \| Fiji
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Zena Holloway Reknown for her extraordinary magical imagery, Zena Holloway is an artist who has... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Cold water corals Different conservation groups have the last couple of decades brought our attention to... Ecosystems \| Biology \| Corals	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Subsurface Noise How the snapping shrimp makes itself heard. You might expect the oceans below... Biology
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Catacombs of Paris Paris. City of lights, but of shadows, too. The capital has become a sought-out place... Feature \| Unique Divesite \| France	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Fish Photography Shooting fish with a camera isn’t easy! Unlike people they are perfectly adapted to... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Bailout on a rebreather Bailing out to Open Circuit is like falling in the snow when you are learning to ski.... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Gulf of Suez As the Red Sea narrows at its northern extreme, a long thin arm of water stretches... Destination reports \| WW2 \| Red Sea	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Noise Aquatic animals, like their land-based relatives, can communicate in a number of... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 US Coast Guard Diver The surface of the 12-foot pool bubbles like a hot tub while instructors below signal... Feature \| People
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Fontaine de Vaucluse - Treasure Cave This amazing tale begins with the selection of a group of divers who were asked to... Destination reports \| Cave Diving \| France	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Jason Taylor Not all artificial reefs are shipwrecks or scuttled vessels, tanks or planes. Now... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Safer Solo Diving on a rebreather Discussions about diving are very often boringâ€”always the same stories about... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Manta Ray Ecology If you ask a group of people what is a manta, nine out of ten will think of stingrays... Rays \| Behaviour	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Becoming a Coast Guard Diver The surface of the 12-foot pool bubbles like a hot tub while instructors below signal... Feature \| United States	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Flash Photography Getting an underwater camera is really only half the solution. Without a proper light... How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Socorro Located 386km (250 miles) southwest of the tip of Baja California and over 720km (446... Destination reports \| Mexico \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Freediving with Tiger sharks Just their name, their size, and their menacing looks can evoke feelings of terror,... Comments \| Freediving \| Sharks \| Behaviour	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Bob Evans Our talks with Bob Evans were just full of good ole plain fun, with lots of laughs and... Profiles
X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Safety Margins on a Rebreather There used to be a time when there was no safety margin in any activity that the human... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Macro Photography Differences of opinion have have raged throughout history as to where close-up... Kurt Amsler \| Still photography \| X-Ray Mag Contributors	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Rea sea There is something special about it, the Red Sea, that I have not found anywhere else... Destination reports \| Red Sea
X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Liduine Bekman It was inevitable that the ocean became the main focus of my painting. I started... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Why and How ecosystems change Across the globe, coral reefs are in peril—this is already old news. Man-made stresses... Ecosystems	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Water - A Unique Solvent Water is obviously important as a basic necessity for maintaining life. Quite simply,... Water properties
X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Fins Fins provide a great way to get from point A to point B in an H2O environment. In fact... How to...	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 New Zealand Barb Roy writes: The Maori warrior cautiously moved towards us. His face was painted... Destination reports \| New Zealand \| Asia Pacific	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Black Sea - a place of myth and mystery The Black Sea is interesting not only for tourism and diving but also from the... Oceanography \| Black Sea
X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Rebreather comfort Most of the articles one can find about rebreathers deal with potential problems and... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Why Vitamins Protect Divers Does diving produce free radicals? Can vitamins really protect divers from some the... Andrey Bizyukin	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Ron Stewart Depending on who you ask, humans are responsible for removing between 20 million and... Profiles \| Conservation \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Why shoot video? In the past we’ve focused on teaching you about underwater still photography,... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Vídeo	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Ambon “Have a great time, but keep your head down!” This was the response I received from a... Destination reports \| Indonesia \| Asia Pacific	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Visayas - Philippines The “Visayas” is a group of islands that comprises the central portion of the... Destination reports \| Philippines \| Asia Pacific
X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Regulators After my very first pool session, I was hooked. Every thought I had circled around... How to...	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 President Coolidge Henry Nelson. Does the name ring a bell? You’ll not find him in any history book or... Indonesia \| Rebreathers \| Deep Wrecks \| Liners \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Riviera Maya The Yucatan Peninsula is located in the south of the contiguous Mexican states. The... Mexico \| Cave Diving \| Central America
X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Varonya Cave Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Locations \| Cave Diving \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Bill Stone Caves, rebreathers, risk assessment, the meaning of life, acceptable risks, the future... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Using Filters UR-PRO filters have been popular on compact cameras because they can be mounted to the... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Eat kelp Did you know that kelp is an ingredient in many household foods! Foods like frozen... Comments \| Feature	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Solomons - The Spirit of Morovo A dark cloud developed ahead of me. Curious, I swam nearer to investigate. The cloud... Destination reports \| Solomon Islands \| South Pacific \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Scubazoo Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Dan Beecham \| People \| People \| Still photography \| Vídeo
X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Awesome Australia Australia — the land ‘Down Under’ — renown for Uluru (the rock formerly know as Ayers... Australia \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 The Diabetes Controversy Diabetes ranks as one of the most controversial medical conditions affecting... News in Dive Medicine	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Stingrays "Stingray kills television host" The headlines soon spread all over the world... Rays
X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Do it right Something I find surprising in the 21st century is the amount of divers that have had... Training \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 The Oceanic Cornucopia For millennia, mankind has been obtaining nourishment from the oceans, not only from... Oceanic Cornucopia \| Nice to know	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Drysuits All the questions about drysuits you always wanted to know the answer to but never... How to...
X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Carlos Hiller - painter of ocean light “When I am diving or just snorkelling, all I have in mind is the marine environment,... Ocean Arts \| Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Coloured Water No! I am not talking about American beer but about ordinary clean water, water that... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Diving the hot spots of Vancouver Island My dive buddy and I enter the cool clear water and descend down a mooring line to the... British Columbia \| Destination reports \| Canada
X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Ralph Hagen Ralph Hagen can remember the actual moment he started cartooning as if it were... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Japanese Battleship Nowadays, the name Yamashiro could have different meanings depending on where you come... WW2 \| Deep Wrecks \| Cedric Verdier \| Philippines	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Just a 200m Dive The entrance of the Sra Keow cave, north of Krabi, Thailand, is dark and quiet. All... Rebreathers \| Cave Diving \| Cedric Verdier \| Thailand
X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 The River Una - Cave Diving in Bosnia Herzegovina The third dimension, a Bosnian experience Cave divers are like rock-face... Bosnia-Hercegovina \| Locations \| Cave Diving	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Kurt Amsler Kurt Amsler, winner of over 100 awards at international photo competitions and a world... Profiles \| Kurt Amsler	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Jordan The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is just soaked in this special ambience that dreams... Destination reports \| Jordan \| Red Sea \| Middle East
X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 C H I H U L Y Effortlessly I glide through a sapphire sea, admiring sparkles on the underside of... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Flourescent Corals How the corals get their algae. In the previous issue of X-ray Mag the problem of... Biology \| Corals	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Trimix From the Basic Nitrox levels through to advanced Trimix, we base our calculations of... Leigh Cunningham
X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Rigging Your Gear Underwater photography requires more than your basic dive gear and cameras. Sometimes... How to... \| DivePhotoGuide \| Tips for Travellers	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Animals with Missiles What? Animals in the sea armed with missiles? And thousands of them? Yes, you’ve read... Biology \| Corals \| Jellyfish	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 High Arctic The sea ice is about two metres thick above frigid Arctic waters over 300 metres deep—... Destination reports \| Canada \| Arctic
X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 ocean conveyor belt - the thermohaline circulation Can global warming trigger a shutdown or slowdown the circulation in the world’s... Oceanography	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Crossing the Altantic Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Atlantic \| Feature	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Patrick Chevailler Patrick Chevailler was born in Bordeaux, France, in July 1946. All during his teen age... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Travelling with camera equipment In issue #9 we took you through some tips of the trade for selecting a dive operator... Dan Beecham \| Equipment \| Tips for Travellers	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 El Hierro In Columbus’ time, El Hierro was considered the limit of the known world in Europe.... Canary Islands \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Coral Bleaching Can tropical stony corals adapt to bleaching? Biology \| Corals
X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Ghost ships of Palau Hidden beneath the serene waters of Palau’s lagoon lie dozens of coral encrusted... Destination reports \| Micronesia \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 The Wake UP call A long time ago, I sat in hoosha (Bedouin tent) after a deep air dive in the Blue Hole... Training \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Patagonia Consider a windy place — I mean, very windy — so windy you must ask the wind about... Argentina \| Destination reports
X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Norway Land of Fjords & Seas of Plenty. This feature takes your around the country, from... Atlantic \| Destination reports \| Scandinavia \| Norway	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Hawaii Like most divers who live in the northern parts of the world, I enjoy the occasional... Destination reports \| Hawaiian islands \| United States	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Invasion of the King crab The Cold War has been over for more than two decades, but a relentless red army... Atlantic \| Ecosystems \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Crustaceans
X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Double Standards For the last 30 years or so, dive training agencies have been certifying recreational... Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Using HMI Lights HMI technology is not new. Evolved in the late 1960s, a lamp developer Osram began... How to... \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Ordinskaya Cave Cave diving is very fascinating, but it is also a most dangerous passion to have. The... Adventure \| Locations \| Cave Diving \| Russia
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Phil Nuytten “If you think about it, the space between the highest mountain peak which is seven... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 First Frogmen - part 2 In the years prior to World War II, the Italian fleet had developed a new underwater... Feature \| People \| WW2 \| Submarines \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Travel tips for Photographers Have Camera...Will Trave. Travelling with cameras, selecting a photo-friendly... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Finding Yolanda wreck I checked in at Gatwick Airport on Saturday, the third of December, with three very... Locations \| Red Sea \| Deep Wrecks \| Ferries and cargo ships \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Guadaloupe's Great White Sharks My first shark appeared head-on in the distance slowly swaying from side to side. With... Destination reports \| Sharks \| Mexico \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Ray Troll “In the fall of 1997, I travelled a thousand miles down the Amazon River on assignment... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Nova Scotia I can not stop feeling, that I am at the White Sea in the northern part of Russia.... Destination reports \| Canada	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 After the Tsunami It was a day of unbelievable violence. Sometimes Nature decides to wake up and with an... Ecosystems \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 South Africa Covering an area of over 1,200,000 sq km, with nearly 3000km of rugged coastline,... Destination reports \| South Africa
X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Dolphin Ecology When you are on the way back to the harbor after the afternoon dive, wild dolphins... Dolphins \| Biology	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 General von Steuben German ocean liner General von Steuben was torpedoed by a Russian submarine in 1945... Scandinavia \| WW2 \| Baltic \| Sweden \| Rebreathers \| Deep Wrecks \| Liners \| European Seas \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Let there Be Light As any diver knows, at depth light is absorbed, and one by one the colours of the... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Getting it all right Mask clearing and deployment of the Surface Marker Buoy. What's the connection between... Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Andre Hartman - the shark man Nowadays, sharks are big business and many divers and scientists have made a name for... Profiles \| Conservation \| Sharks \| South Africa	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Polluce Wreck - the Recovery It was one of those highly unlikely chains of unforeseable events that led us to Elba... Mediterranean \| Salvaging and preservation \| Italy
X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Miranda Krestovnikoff Wreck detective Miranda Krestovnikoff recently completed another series of dive... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Bali Dark grey!. Usually a colour associated with dull. Not here. The dark lava sand... Bali \| Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Mangrove Ecofieldtrips Pte Ltd is a Singapore based company which employs specialist biologists... Ecosystems
X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 First Frogmen During the first years of World War II Italian frogmen demonstrated to the world how... Feature \| People \| WW2 \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Manipulation Is it cheating? Once the conversation touches on restoring or manipulating images it... How to...	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Solo or not? When divers run out of gas in open water it can only be down to two possible... Leigh Cunningham
X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Royal Tasmania Tasmania’s Southwest National Park and World Heritage Area is the land that time... Australia \| Destination reports \| Asia Pacific	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Polluce wreck Like every grand tale of shipwreck and lost treasure, the story about the Polluce has... Feature \| News & updates \| Mediterranean \| Salvaging and preservation \| Italy \| Tall and wooden ships	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Salty Oceans It would seem to be self-evident to use the adjective ‘salty’ in connection with the... Water properties
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Marine Insects When we think of the animals of the oceans our first thoughts are generally of whales... Biology	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Glowing Jellyfish Probably about 90 percent of deep-sea animals are bioluminescent. Some jellies use... Jellyfish	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Navigation in Fish Coral reef fishes have a life cycle that is divided in two. They begin their life... Behaviour \| Fish \| Biology
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 The Quest for Yolanda I was on a deco stop in the cold waters of the national dive centre in the UK when my... Red Sea \| Manatees and Dugongs \| Deep Wrecks \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Diving Rebreathers Rebreathers look cool, glitzy, technical and heralded as the future of diving, right?... Rebreathers \| How to...	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Raja Ampat Raja Ampat in Indonesia is dotted with tiny islands scattered like beads across an... Destination reports \| Papua \| Indonesia
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Cameras and Housings In the last issue we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of digital underwater... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Dive Tables or Computers? During our initial open water training, we were all shown how to use a dive table. But... Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Discover the Underwater charms of New Foundland Many millions of years ago, a piece of a land broke away from the ancient continent,... Destination reports \| New Foundland \| Canada
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Ireland's Connemara Sliding into brackish water riddled by a seasonal downpour might not be everybody’s... Locations \| Ireland	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Dr. Sylvia Earle Named Time magazine’s first “hero for the planet” in 1998, marine biologist Sylvia... NGOs \| Profiles \| Conservation	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Creatures of Cabliao After a two-hour car ride and an hour boat travel, I finally reached my destinationâ€”... Destination reports \| Philippines
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Tagging Whale Sharks Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, where divers go in... Rays \| Conservation \| Honduras	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Siberian Caves Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Locations \| Cave Diving \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Cayman Islands Situated in the sparkling Caribbean Sea, the three Cayman Islands, known as Grand... Destination reports \| Cayman Islands \| Caribbean
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Hydrothermal vents Hydrothermal vents are places in the Earth’s crust where very hot water arises from... Oceanography	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Sam MacDonald A move to the remote northern Scottish province of Orkney sparked a love of the sea,... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Wrecks of Narvik The port of Narvik in north Norway was established around the export of iron-ore from... Atlantic \| Scandinavia \| WW2 \| Locations \| Norway
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 U89 - Exploring U-boats in Ireland Now laying 25 miles off Malin Head, time stands still for this very impressive war... WW2 \| Locations \| Submarines \| Ireland	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Configuration Since the introduction of Scuba diving in the mid 1950s, one of the most hotly debated... Training \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Cathy Church Down the stairs to the friendly photo shop at Sunset House Hotel, a dive resort on...

X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 B17 Black Jack Wreck Lying undisturbed in the deep water just off the fringing reef from the remote village... WW2 \| Aircraft \| Papua New Guinea	X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Alaska - Juneau to Sitka A dive trip to the U.S. State of Alaska is a true adventure, both above and below the... Alaska \| Pacific North West	X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Sidemount Workshop – a matter of comfort When I started scuba diving, I became aware of the limitations of an injured body.... Course reviews
X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Diving with Dinosaurs My guide and I saw the croc on the surface, basking in the sun, laying on the papyrus... Adventure \| Africa	X-Ray Mag #46 - Jan 2012 Close-Up & Macro Close-up or macro photography is a specialized form of underwater photography where... How to... \| Lawson Wood	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Nuweiba To find seclusion, special locations need to be found. One of these is Nuweiba, up in... Destination reports \| Red Sea
X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Jill Heinerth Jill Heinerth, whose first job was a newspaper route in her home town of Toronto,... Florida \| People \| Profiles \| Cave Diving	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Have Rebreather, Will Travel As the word, rebreather, gains readership in diving magazines, brings novelty to shows... Rebreathers \| Tips for Travellers	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Tranquility in Taba The northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea is full of new opportunities and... Destination reports \| Red Sea
X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Lanzarote A small, warm, sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean island with enough tourist visitors to make... Canary Islands \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Think fast as a Squid Squids, octopus and cuttlefish (who all belong to the phylum of molluscs) are among... Squid and Octopus \| Biology	X-Ray Mag #45 - Nov 2011 Do's and Don't's of Responsible Shark Diving Maybe the concept of ‘responsible shark diving’ sounds a little oxymoronic, but there... Sharks \| Behaviour
X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Grand Bahama Have you always wanted to dive with sharks? Hug a dolphin? Explore shipwrecks, caves... Destination reports \| Bahamas \| Sharks	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Deep D(r)iving Motivations Every time I think of deep diving, both good and bad memories surface together in my... aquaCORPS Magazine	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Bahamas — Diving the Islands The Bahamas are an English speaking island nation known to most of us, but for very... Bahamas \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Tagging Sharks in Palau Using state-of-the-art “internal tags” with a battery life of more than ten years,... Micronesia \| Conservation \| Sharks	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Nudibranch Safari The 2012 Nudibranch Safari at Gulen Dive Resort was a phenomenal success. A staggering... Nudibranchs \| Scandinavia \| Norway	X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Wolfgang Leander Shark man Wolfgang Leander has taken on legendary status in the diving world with his... Profiles \| Conservation \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #44 - Sep 2011 Zavora & Tofo Mention Africa to most divers and the Red Sea or South Africa usually springs to mind... Destination reports \| Mozambique	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Yap - Home of the big stuff You name it and you know it—the itching and scratching in the morning, those five... Destination reports \| Micronesia \| Rays	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Periphylla —Aliens of the Deep The jet-black rubber RIB was running flat out in the February night. We were sweeping... Atlantic \| Norway \| Jellyfish
X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 On Your Own: The Buddy System Rebutted Buddies are not essential for a safe dive. On the contrary, buddies often increase... aquaCORPS Magazine	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Port Hardy (British Columbia) aboard the Nautilus Swell It wasn’t until Wayne and I were actually leaving Port Hardy aboard the new liveaboard... British Columbia \| Destination reports \| Canada	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Southern Belize Hello. My name is Kelly and I’m a dive-aholic. I freely admit it. I’m unabashedly,... Destination reports \| Belize
X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 The Islands of Yap In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. When He reflected on His... Micronesia \| Eastern Pacific \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Mangroves - Nurseries of the Sea Mangrove forests are significant habitats that exist throughout the tropical belt... Ecosystems	X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Tech Wreck Park in Sweden A group of Swedish divers is working on creating a wreck park in Lake Vättern. Vättern... Baltic \| Sweden \| Tall and wooden ships
X-Ray Mag #43 - July 2011 Dive Voluntourism DiVo is based in Australia. Its aim is to bring more recreational divers to active... Australia \| Conservation	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Composition What is Composition? In its most basic definition, composition is the arrangement of... How to... \| DivePhotoGuide	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 False Killer Whales — Enchanting Cetaceans of Dominica Once or twice in a rare Blue Moon, opportunity sometimes comes along and hits you on... Whales \| Lawson Wood \| Dominica \| Caribbean
X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Call it "High-Tech" Diving Some of the most experienced leaders in the scuba world are dead set against releasing... aquaCORPS Magazine	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Grenada The island of Grenada is affectionately known as the Spice Isle for its exotic spices... Destination reports \| Grenada	X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Humpbacks — The Tale of a Drive-by Fluking Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are intelligent, communicative, aerobatic,... Whales \| Dominican Republic
X-Ray Mag #42 - May 2011 Azores It’s been almost 15 years since my first visit to the Azores. I was studying law then and... Atlantic \| Portugal \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Sayaka Kajita Ganz My working process is reminiscent of my experiences growing up in several different... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Snoots When I began shooting underwater 15 years ago, the underwater photography world was... How to... \| Keri Wilk
X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Stingray City Like it or hate it, Grand Cayman Island is still home to one of the most legendary... Rays \| Cayman Islands \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Cayman Islands —A guided tour with Cathy Church When people ask me where my favorite dive spots in the entire world are, I have to... Destination reports \| Cayman Islands	X-Ray Mag #41 - Mar 2011 Team Diving Recreational diver training agencies have always encouraged divers to adopt the buddy... Training \| Mark Powell
X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Ghostfishing It is the nightmare of every diver who dives the Dutch North Sea—getting entangled in... Conservation \| North Sea	X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Channel Islands - The Realm of the Giant Kelp For those of us fortunate enough to call Southern California home, the Channel Islands... California \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Shooting Below Decks Not all sunken ships are the same. There are shallow wrecks, deep wrecks, very old... How to... \| WW2
X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Gozo Island “Somehow, I can’t imagine lawnmowers being a high selling item here,” was one of my... Destination reports \| Malta	X-Ray Mag #40 - Jan 2011 Kamchatka — Russia’s Mysterious East “Is there diving in Kamchatka?” my buddy asked me while inspecting a map of Russia on... Destination reports \| Asia Pacific \| Russia \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Caelum Mero Underwater fashion photographer, Caelum Mero of Australia, has developed a unique... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Dive Watches When trying to determine if a particular watch is suitable for diving, first of all,... How to...	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Seize the Day For centuries, the Diamond Shoals off North Carolina have been collecting shipwrecks.... Atlantic Coast \| Sharks	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Field Work Now, we have our camera and all of its ancillary added on bits. We have checked that... Still photography \| Lawson Wood
X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Cephalopods - Jet-powered Masters of Disguise Most cephalopods—the group in which scientists classify octopuses, squid, cuttlefish... Squid and Octopus \| Molluscs	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Technical Diving Equipment The equipment used by technical divers differs considerably from that used by... Mark Powell	X-Ray Mag #38 - Oct 2010 Utila - Jewel of Honduras “If you’ve been to South East Asia, don’t bother with the Caribbean” is a phrase I’ve... Destination reports \| Honduras
X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Göran Ehlmé Göran Ehlmé of Sweden has planned and led many field trips to the polar areas and was... Profiles \| Sweden	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Why Digital? Before we get into the picture-taking business, let us look at some of the jargon and... Still photography \| Lawson Wood	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Shifting Baseline Syndrome: Are you afflicted? It’s early afternoon. The sun is beating down and mosquitoes are humming. Another... Ecosystems \| Florida \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Cruise Ship Diving Diving from a cruise ship? How do you enter the water? Must be a heck of a drop if you... Destination reports \| Tips for Travellers \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 Maximo Laura My work is nourished by symbols, stories, traditions, rituals, experiences, and by... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #37 - Aug 2010 A Voyage to the Antarctica At 2:00 am, it is already daylight on Pléneau Island, a place where floating... Destination reports \| Antartica
X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Sweden World-class diving in a challenging environment. Destination reports \| Scandinavia \| WW2 \| Baltic \| WW1 \| Submarines \| Sweden \| Cold war \| Deep Wrecks \| Older warships \| Salvaging and preservation \| Archaeology \| Medieval vessels \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Spiny Dogfish You won’t find Spiny dogfish on most shark diver’s ‘bucket lists’. In fact, the only... Sharks \| Andy Murch	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Wetsuits anno 2010 Today’s modern wetsuit embodies technology that benefits divers with an abundant... Wetsuits \| How to...
X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Mike Valentine - Underwater Cinematographer You wonder, sometimes, how things link up. For example, how is a scuba diving suit... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Lessons from Technical Diving Diving is an activity that appeals to a huge selection of people, and within diving,... Training \| Mark Powell \| United Kingdom	X-Ray Mag #36 - May 2010 Digital Camera Choice So, where do we start? And what type of camera do we buy? Should we go for the DSLR (... How to... \| Still photography \| Lawson Wood \| Pacific
X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Sperm Whales Of Dominica The memory of my first sperm whale encounter is so visceral that I can almost feel... Whales \| Locations \| Behaviour \| Dominica	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 The virtues remain the same Underwater photography has been around well over 150 years and has accompanied humans... How to... \| Still photography \| Lawson Wood	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Choosing a Technical Instructor As I have grown to be an experienced diver, my standard for choosing an instructor to... Training
X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Stingrays - Winged Wonders of the Canary Islands Los Gigantes is a small fishing community on the west side of Tenerife in the Canary... Canary Islands \| Rays \| Locations \| Andy Murch \| Spain	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Cozumel Yes, I know, Cozumel must have already been reviewed several times since you took up... Destination reports \| Mexico \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Rich Walker Rich Walker is a full-time instructor with Global Underwater Explorers in the United... Profiles
X-Ray Mag #35 - Apr 2010 Sea Glass Sea glass has become very popular as a component in jewelry, chimes, sun catchers and... Ocean Arts	X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 The Sound of Mull and Oban Western Scotland There is a point in the journey to the west coast of Scotland just a little way north... Destination reports \| Scotland \| United Kingdom	X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 Odyssey of the Life Amphibious Expedition We were headed for the island of Kefalonia off the western coast of mainland Greece.... Feature \| People \| Mediterranean \| Greece
X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 Backlight Impressive backlit images do not necessarily require the use of a flash. Just aim... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #34 - Feb 2010 The Mermaids called Haenyeo The island of Jeju, Korea, is an island of myths, gods and goddesses. It is also the... Feature \| People	X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Moscow River “Moscow—Port of Five Seas” is written on the banner of the north river terminal in... Unique Divesite \| Russia
X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Great White Shark Dive with Amos Nachoum How to get out of the protective cage and swim with the Great White shark—that’s what... Locations \| Sharks \| Mexico \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Going Wide The notion that wide-angle lenses can only be used for large subject matter is common... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Technical Diving Paradise In Pacific NW I often raise a few eyebrows when I exclaim, “I’ll take diving in the Pacific... British Columbia \| Pacific North West \| Deep Wrecks \| Canada \| United States
X-Ray Mag #33 - Dec 2009 Solomon Islands I’m nervous. That’s not an unusual feeling for me when embarking on a challenging dive... Destination reports \| Solomon Islands \| South Pacific	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Sipadan revisited I’ve always been both somewhat envious and intrigued by what Sabah, Malaysian’s... Malaysia	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Shipwreck Appreciation & Conservation Many divers already know that you shouldn’t remove artifacts from a shipwreck. In... Rob Rondeau \| Salvaging and preservation \| Archaeology
X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Time to dive dry? Some of the Latest & Hottest in drysuits and undergarments How to...	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Clement Lee Clement Lee is the embodiment of the entrepreneurial dive industry pioneer. In this... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Reefs & Rainforests Conservation Success Stories in Borneo’s Sabah region Malaysia
X-Ray Mag #32 - Nov 2009 Kids Love To Dive Reaching out to a new generation of divers Feature \| People \| Malaysia	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Jewels of Tanzania - African Safari & Pemba Island Diving Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti... boasting a wealth of natural beauty... Africa \| Destination reports \| Tanzania	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Zanzibar - Diving Unguja & Pemba Island The spacious, purpose-built dhow slid through the calm Indian Ocean. We were briefed... Africa \| Destination reports \| Zanzibar
X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Diving the Delta - Botswana’s Okavango River Carrying all we would need for the next five days, our expedition team travelled some... Africa \| Locations \| Tony White	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Scapa Flow - The Wrecks of Scotland’s Orkney Islands Situated 25 km (15 miles) north of the Scottish mainland, the Orkney Islands are... Atlantic \| Destination reports \| WW1 \| Lawson Wood \| United Kingdom \| European Seas \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Extreme Exploration Dives How to master the complexities of extensive explorations of underwater caves and other... Cave Diving \| Pascal Bernabé \| Europe
X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Marine Protected Areas At the moment there are approximately 5000 marine protected areas (MPAs), located... Conservation	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Marcelo Tatsuyoshi Kato Do water and paper mix? Yes, they do in the Marcelost World created by the Japanese... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Tantalizing Tofo Four hundred and fifty kilometres north of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, and half an... Africa \| Destination reports \| Mozambique
X-Ray Mag #31 - Sep 2009 Skookumchuck - Challenging the Rapids Viewing a torrent of flowing liquid turmoil while safe and dry on shore is enough to... British Columbia \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Diving into Mysteries Off North Carolina As I stand on the upper deck of the Midnight Express, one of two dive boats operated... Atlantic Coast \| Locations \| United States	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Crystal River I once had a cat that approached me exactly like that. Coming right at me, top of the... Florida \| Unique Divesite \| Manatees and Dugongs
X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Lessons learned - A thirst for life. Not all technical dives end up successfully; unforeseen circumstances often make an... Feature \| Training \| Lessons Learned \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Bonaire - A Diver's Paradise The small island of Bonaire is part of the island group called the Dutch Caribbean and... Destination reports \| Bonaire \| Caribbean	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 To Boldly Go Where.... The Star Trek Legacy goes underwater Profiles
X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Blaschka This summer, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Shipwreck CSI Marine archaeology is a specialized science that combines techniques developed by land... Rob Rondeau \| Salvaging and preservation \| Archaeology \| Medieval vessels	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Panning, Zooming & Rear Curtain Sync These are special photographic techniques that have long been used for many years by... How to... \| Still photography \| Tony White
X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 Turks & Caicos Islands Oh yes, the sharks are circling. Can you say ‘Amen’? With an accent hinting of both... Destination reports \| Turks & Caicos	X-Ray Mag #30 - Jul 2009 British Columbia’s Reefs of Steel I could hear a low rumble as detonated explosives echoed down long empty corridors and... British Columbia \| News & updates \| Artifical Reefs \| Canada	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Odyssea Marine Exploration Millis Keegan interviews Odyssey Marine Exploration’s Principal Marine Archaeologist... Profiles \| Treasure hunting
X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Illumination Nice subject matter and good visibility is a prerequisite for a great image. But just... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Ana Bikic Originally from Argentina, artist and scuba diver Ana Bikic believes that art should... Florida \| Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Leatherback Expedition Save Our Leatherbacks Operation completed its fourth year of expeditions to the... Turtles \| Conservation \| Papua \| Indonesia
X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Aftermath — at the nuclear playground During the period between 1945 and 1958, a total of 67 nuclear tests were conducted on... Central Pacific \| Destination reports \| Deep Wrecks \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Journey to Bikini Atoll In contrast to the Bikini report by the expert Dutch expedition, X-RAY MAG’s Barb Roy... Central Pacific \| Destination reports \| Locations \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #29 - May 2009 Yoga & Diving A place without distraction, a place without time. The place one can find... Girl Diver
X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Maldives Sea Safari One thousand and 192 islands, islets and sand cays string the 26 atolls of the... Destination reports \| Maldives	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Photo & Ice Diving Ice diving is always something out of the ordinary. The atmosphere, colors, flora and... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Jim Bram - A talk with NAUIs president NAUI turns 50. Are the founding principles still valid half a century later, have they... Profiles \| NAUI
X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Barents Sea All along the shores of the Kola Peninsula in North Russia, Finno-Ugric tribes (... Destination reports \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Frank Russell These days anything we can do to help the environment and recycle is a good idea.... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #28 - Mar 2009 Rebreather for Cave Diving The use of rebreathers in caves is nothing new. Decades ago, Hans and Lotte Hass used... Rebreathers \| Cave Diving \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Are Puget Sound Orcas starving to death? Two of the resident orca families from Puget sound —L and K pods—have been seen in... Dolphins \| Pacific North West	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 No Flash Taking photos underwater without a flash is not common, but it actually is easier than... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Pierre Sentjens Pierre Sentjens is an artist and painter living in Brussels, Belgium. X-RAY MAG caught... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Beluhas of the White Sea New Sea Farm Raises White Whales in the White Sea Whales \| Locations \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Bali - the island of Gods Bali. It’s a name synonymous with a tropical island paradise, conjuring up images of... Bali \| Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Bali’s East Coast When India’s Prime Minister Pandit Nehru visited Bali in 1950 to attend celebrations... Bali \| Destination reports \| Indonesia
X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Beluhas of the White sea Natural reserves, nurseries, marine parks, aquariums and farms that save different... Whales \| Locations \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Seven Deadly Sins Except if you spent a few years in a catholic church or a few hours enjoying the movie... Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #27 - Dec 2008 Ron and Valerie Taylor Valerie Taylor, along with her husband Ron, are two of the true pioneers of... Profiles
X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Thetis Island Tallen, my youngest daughter and part-time dive buddy entered the cool emerald... British Columbia \| Locations	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Bangaram Island Dreaming of diving off an uninhabited tropical island? Doing this by liveaboard boat... Destination reports \| Indian Ocean	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Three Caribbean Islands It’s not by chance that the producers of the Pirates of the Caribbean series of... Dominica \| Caribbean
X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Night Photography Night diving is the ultimate for many divers. Underwater photography without light is... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Pay & Play The ocean has been regarded as a global commons whose resources are inexhaustible and... Feature \| Conservation	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Deconstructing a 330m World Record Dive This is the moment I have waited for for years. I sit comfortably on the side of Denis... Pascal Bernabé
X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 Girls on Speed Hollywood blockbuster Mission Impossible III shows Ving Rhames diving beneath the... Girl Diver	X-Ray Mag #26 - Oct 2008 No Secret for Victoria! What does a fish exporter from Norway, a Chief Information Officer and diving... Rebreathers \| Mediterranean \| Deep Wrecks \| Cedric Verdier \| Older warships	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Maintenance & Care Dependable and well functioning camera equipment is the foundation of good pictures.... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Diving with Weapons of mass destruction The Swedish Coast Guard is responsible for surveillance of and response to oil... Baltic \| Sweden \| Ecosystem changes	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Tamariu - a hidden secret I made up my mind quite a long time ago about whether or not I should entrust you with... Destination reports \| Mediterranean \| Spain	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Sardines. Dolphins, Sharks ... South Africa! Since times long forgotten, the promise of treasures such as diamonds, gold and... Africa \| Destination reports \| South Africa
X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 What to think about before buying a rebreather One morning, sooner or later, you will wake up with a strange sensation—as if some... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 The Girl in the Bubble Time travel becomes reality, as I descend beneath the waterline in a 1944 Mark V Hard... Girl Diver	X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Success Stories in Troubled Waters The race to save animal species from extinction is as important as ever before. There... Conservation
X-Ray Mag #25 - Sep 2008 Pulau Weh - Rebirth of Paradise after the Tsunami On a beautiful day just like any other, divers in the water were enjoying the... Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 North Sulawesi unplugged I can’t help likening this island to a chromosome. It’s contorted shape not only looks... Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Black & White Even in the digital age, black and white photographs are still viewed as art. In this... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Corals for sale The exploitation of corals has depleted stocks all over the world. This is not only... Feature \| Conservation \| Corals	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Find Wally Is it mimicry, mimesis or camouflage? Behaviour \| Fish	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Where the Girls Are… Gorgeous neoprene clad GirlDivers have long graced the covers of the scuba periodicals... Girl Diver
X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Thingvellir, Iceland As I slide out of the shallow basin and drag myself past the top edge of the drop-off... Unique Divesite \| Iceland	X-Ray Mag #24 - Jul 2008 Hans Hass Many, many divers, underwater photographers and filmmakers, when asked about the... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Pascal Bernabé A conversation with technical diver and depth record breaker, Pascal Bernabé.... Profiles \| Pascal Bernabé
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Vis - Croatia If there is any hidden secret in the Mediterranean, it is the island of Vis. For many... Adriatic \| Destination reports \| Croatia	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Fitness for technical divers There is no such thing as safe technical rebreather diving without proper preparation... Training \| Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 The shape of the Hammerhead's head Why the peculiar head shape of the hammerhead shark developed as it did has been the... Sharks \| Behaviour
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 The Perfect Workflow Without a proper workflow when doing digital photographing, the quality of your images... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 The Bubbling Reefs Imagine a beautiful shallow green water reef with kelp, anemones and sponges among... Denmark \| Scandinavia \| Unique Divesite	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Cornwall - Cornish reefs Global diving travel has become increasingly easy over the last decade or so,... Destination reports \| United Kingdom
X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Debugging the sunscreen factor Just like GirlDivers don’t go under the waves without our “life support system”, we... Mermaid Matters	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 Locomotion The way an animal gets around in the sea and or in the air depends, fundamentally, on... Biology	X-Ray Mag #23 - May 2008 10 Q & A’s About DIR Rebreather What is DIRrebreather? Since its implementation a few years ago, the Doing It... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 The Hunt For S8 Below some ragged pieces of wreckage lying on the bottom beside the hull, I see... Scandinavia \| Baltic \| Submarines \| Sweden \| Cold war \| Deep Wrecks	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Photographing Wrecks A photographer’s heart always seems to beat a little faster when it comes to taking... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Rescue in Remote locations Do you plan to explore a deep virgin wreck? Is it your dream to discover a unique cave... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Acidification of the Oceans There has been much discussion in recent years about the effect of increasing global... Oceanography \| Black Sea	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Naked beauties Most divers have seen them. Weird-looking crawling creatures with odd shapes, antennae... Nudibranchs	X-Ray Mag #22 - Mar 2008 Claiming the North Pole On August 2, 2007, the weather was good at the North Pole. The sea was calm, the water... Oceanography \| People \| Technology \| Arctic
X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 A talk with Richard Pyle Biologist, rebreather diver, inventor of Pyle Stops or... database manager X-RAY MAG... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 Temperature We have previously looked at the various properties of water which have an effect on... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 They are all Transsexuals The popular anemone fishes are mostly known for their symbiosis with giant sea... Behaviour \| Fish
X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 Environmental Awareness for Photographers It is sad, but true—underwater photographers do not have a good track record or... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 A Stretcher In Deep Water That’s it! We managed to take a stretcher to a depth of 54 meters and a total distance... Training	X-Ray Mag #21 - Feb 2008 Sidemounts - A matter of Convenience It has been a year now since I started to exclusively side-mount the off-board tanks... Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 A phone call is all that it takes We have reported on the plight of the sea turtles before. We have reported how they... Bali \| NGOs \| Turtles \| Conservation \| Kurt Amsler \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Lamps Do divers really need underwater lamps? It is a simple question to which... How to...	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Nitrogen Narcosis Nitrogen narcosis, or “rapture of the deep,” is one of those things that some divers... DivePsych
X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Osmosis We have written much here in this magazine about the different properties of water.... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Saving the Turtles on Bali Your support made the difference. Your support is still needed. This is... Bali \| Turtles \| Conservation \| Kurt Amsler \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Rescuing a Rebreather Diver How to deal with an unconscious rebreather diver? The title of this article... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Lyngstøls vattnet - Norway Norway. The Norang valley is clothed in pale green birch leaves and sprouting grass,... Scandinavia \| Unique Divesite \| Locations \| Norway	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 Working with Models Incredible as it may sound, one of the most difficult creatures to shoot under water... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #20 - Dec 2007 White nights at the White Sea Russia. I am here. I am gripped by a sense of disbelief. As the tundra flies past the... Destination reports \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Russia
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Saltstraumen The current grabs you as soon as you enter the water. Your first thought, this is... Destination reports \| Scandinavia \| Norway \| North Sea	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Fish for all Fish stocks are depleted world-wide. Over fishing, pollution and coastal development... Conservation \| Fish	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Fabulous Fiji Scott Bennett writes: I’d like to introduce you to some of our friends, enthused our... Destination reports \| Fiji
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Zena Holloway Reknown for her extraordinary magical imagery, Zena Holloway is an artist who has... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Cold water corals Different conservation groups have the last couple of decades brought our attention to... Ecosystems \| Biology \| Corals	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Subsurface Noise How the snapping shrimp makes itself heard. You might expect the oceans below... Biology
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Catacombs of Paris Paris. City of lights, but of shadows, too. The capital has become a sought-out place... Feature \| Unique Divesite \| France	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Fish Photography Shooting fish with a camera isn’t easy! Unlike people they are perfectly adapted to... How to... \| Kurt Amsler \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Bailout on a rebreather Bailing out to Open Circuit is like falling in the snow when you are learning to ski.... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #19 - Oct 2007 Gulf of Suez As the Red Sea narrows at its northern extreme, a long thin arm of water stretches... Destination reports \| WW2 \| Red Sea	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Noise Aquatic animals, like their land-based relatives, can communicate in a number of... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 US Coast Guard Diver The surface of the 12-foot pool bubbles like a hot tub while instructors below signal... Feature \| People
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Fontaine de Vaucluse - Treasure Cave This amazing tale begins with the selection of a group of divers who were asked to... Destination reports \| Cave Diving \| France	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Jason Taylor Not all artificial reefs are shipwrecks or scuttled vessels, tanks or planes. Now... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Safer Solo Diving on a rebreather Discussions about diving are very often boringâ€”always the same stories about... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Manta Ray Ecology If you ask a group of people what is a manta, nine out of ten will think of stingrays... Rays \| Behaviour	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Becoming a Coast Guard Diver The surface of the 12-foot pool bubbles like a hot tub while instructors below signal... Feature \| United States	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Flash Photography Getting an underwater camera is really only half the solution. Without a proper light... How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Socorro Located 386km (250 miles) southwest of the tip of Baja California and over 720km (446... Destination reports \| Mexico \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #18 - Aug 2007 Freediving with Tiger sharks Just their name, their size, and their menacing looks can evoke feelings of terror,... Comments \| Freediving \| Sharks \| Behaviour	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Bob Evans Our talks with Bob Evans were just full of good ole plain fun, with lots of laughs and... Profiles
X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Safety Margins on a Rebreather There used to be a time when there was no safety margin in any activity that the human... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Macro Photography Differences of opinion have have raged throughout history as to where close-up... Kurt Amsler \| Still photography \| X-Ray Mag Contributors	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Rea sea There is something special about it, the Red Sea, that I have not found anywhere else... Destination reports \| Red Sea
X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Liduine Bekman It was inevitable that the ocean became the main focus of my painting. I started... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Why and How ecosystems change Across the globe, coral reefs are in peril—this is already old news. Man-made stresses... Ecosystems	X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Water - A Unique Solvent Water is obviously important as a basic necessity for maintaining life. Quite simply,... Water properties
X-Ray Mag #17 - Jun 2007 Fins Fins provide a great way to get from point A to point B in an H2O environment. In fact... How to...	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 New Zealand Barb Roy writes: The Maori warrior cautiously moved towards us. His face was painted... Destination reports \| New Zealand \| Asia Pacific	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Black Sea - a place of myth and mystery The Black Sea is interesting not only for tourism and diving but also from the... Oceanography \| Black Sea
X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Rebreather comfort Most of the articles one can find about rebreathers deal with potential problems and... Rebreathers \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Why Vitamins Protect Divers Does diving produce free radicals? Can vitamins really protect divers from some the... Andrey Bizyukin	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Ron Stewart Depending on who you ask, humans are responsible for removing between 20 million and... Profiles \| Conservation \| Sharks
X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Why shoot video? In the past we’ve focused on teaching you about underwater still photography,... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Vídeo	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Ambon “Have a great time, but keep your head down!” This was the response I received from a... Destination reports \| Indonesia \| Asia Pacific	X-Ray Mag #16 - Apr 2007 Visayas - Philippines The “Visayas” is a group of islands that comprises the central portion of the... Destination reports \| Philippines \| Asia Pacific
X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Regulators After my very first pool session, I was hooked. Every thought I had circled around... How to...	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 President Coolidge Henry Nelson. Does the name ring a bell? You’ll not find him in any history book or... Indonesia \| Rebreathers \| Deep Wrecks \| Liners \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Riviera Maya The Yucatan Peninsula is located in the south of the contiguous Mexican states. The... Mexico \| Cave Diving \| Central America
X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Varonya Cave Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Locations \| Cave Diving \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Bill Stone Caves, rebreathers, risk assessment, the meaning of life, acceptable risks, the future... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Using Filters UR-PRO filters have been popular on compact cameras because they can be mounted to the... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #15 - Feb 2007 Eat kelp Did you know that kelp is an ingredient in many household foods! Foods like frozen... Comments \| Feature	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Solomons - The Spirit of Morovo A dark cloud developed ahead of me. Curious, I swam nearer to investigate. The cloud... Destination reports \| Solomon Islands \| South Pacific \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Scubazoo Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Dan Beecham \| People \| People \| Still photography \| Vídeo
X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Awesome Australia Australia — the land ‘Down Under’ — renown for Uluru (the rock formerly know as Ayers... Australia \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 The Diabetes Controversy Diabetes ranks as one of the most controversial medical conditions affecting... News in Dive Medicine	X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Stingrays "Stingray kills television host" The headlines soon spread all over the world... Rays
X-Ray Mag #14 - Dec 2006 Do it right Something I find surprising in the 21st century is the amount of divers that have had... Training \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 The Oceanic Cornucopia For millennia, mankind has been obtaining nourishment from the oceans, not only from... Oceanic Cornucopia \| Nice to know	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Drysuits All the questions about drysuits you always wanted to know the answer to but never... How to...
X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Carlos Hiller - painter of ocean light “When I am diving or just snorkelling, all I have in mind is the marine environment,... Ocean Arts \| Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Coloured Water No! I am not talking about American beer but about ordinary clean water, water that... Water properties	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Diving the hot spots of Vancouver Island My dive buddy and I enter the cool clear water and descend down a mooring line to the... British Columbia \| Destination reports \| Canada
X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Ralph Hagen Ralph Hagen can remember the actual moment he started cartooning as if it were... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #13 - Oct 2006 Japanese Battleship Nowadays, the name Yamashiro could have different meanings depending on where you come... WW2 \| Deep Wrecks \| Cedric Verdier \| Philippines	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Just a 200m Dive The entrance of the Sra Keow cave, north of Krabi, Thailand, is dark and quiet. All... Rebreathers \| Cave Diving \| Cedric Verdier \| Thailand
X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 The River Una - Cave Diving in Bosnia Herzegovina The third dimension, a Bosnian experience Cave divers are like rock-face... Bosnia-Hercegovina \| Locations \| Cave Diving	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Kurt Amsler Kurt Amsler, winner of over 100 awards at international photo competitions and a world... Profiles \| Kurt Amsler	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Jordan The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is just soaked in this special ambience that dreams... Destination reports \| Jordan \| Red Sea \| Middle East
X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 C H I H U L Y Effortlessly I glide through a sapphire sea, admiring sparkles on the underside of... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Flourescent Corals How the corals get their algae. In the previous issue of X-ray Mag the problem of... Biology \| Corals	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Trimix From the Basic Nitrox levels through to advanced Trimix, we base our calculations of... Leigh Cunningham
X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Rigging Your Gear Underwater photography requires more than your basic dive gear and cameras. Sometimes... How to... \| DivePhotoGuide \| Tips for Travellers	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 Animals with Missiles What? Animals in the sea armed with missiles? And thousands of them? Yes, you’ve read... Biology \| Corals \| Jellyfish	X-Ray Mag #12 - Aug 2006 High Arctic The sea ice is about two metres thick above frigid Arctic waters over 300 metres deep—... Destination reports \| Canada \| Arctic
X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 ocean conveyor belt - the thermohaline circulation Can global warming trigger a shutdown or slowdown the circulation in the world’s... Oceanography	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Crossing the Altantic Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Atlantic \| Feature	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Patrick Chevailler Patrick Chevailler was born in Bordeaux, France, in July 1946. All during his teen age... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Travelling with camera equipment In issue #9 we took you through some tips of the trade for selecting a dive operator... Dan Beecham \| Equipment \| Tips for Travellers	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 El Hierro In Columbus’ time, El Hierro was considered the limit of the known world in Europe.... Canary Islands \| Destination reports	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Coral Bleaching Can tropical stony corals adapt to bleaching? Biology \| Corals
X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Ghost ships of Palau Hidden beneath the serene waters of Palau’s lagoon lie dozens of coral encrusted... Destination reports \| Micronesia \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 The Wake UP call A long time ago, I sat in hoosha (Bedouin tent) after a deep air dive in the Blue Hole... Training \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #11 - Jun 2006 Patagonia Consider a windy place — I mean, very windy — so windy you must ask the wind about... Argentina \| Destination reports
X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Norway Land of Fjords & Seas of Plenty. This feature takes your around the country, from... Atlantic \| Destination reports \| Scandinavia \| Norway	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Hawaii Like most divers who live in the northern parts of the world, I enjoy the occasional... Destination reports \| Hawaiian islands \| United States	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Invasion of the King crab The Cold War has been over for more than two decades, but a relentless red army... Atlantic \| Ecosystems \| Barents Sea and White Sea \| Crustaceans
X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Double Standards For the last 30 years or so, dive training agencies have been certifying recreational... Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Using HMI Lights HMI technology is not new. Evolved in the late 1960s, a lamp developer Osram began... How to... \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #10 - Apr 2006 Ordinskaya Cave Cave diving is very fascinating, but it is also a most dangerous passion to have. The... Adventure \| Locations \| Cave Diving \| Russia
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Phil Nuytten “If you think about it, the space between the highest mountain peak which is seven... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 First Frogmen - part 2 In the years prior to World War II, the Italian fleet had developed a new underwater... Feature \| People \| WW2 \| Submarines \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Travel tips for Photographers Have Camera...Will Trave. Travelling with cameras, selecting a photo-friendly... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Finding Yolanda wreck I checked in at Gatwick Airport on Saturday, the third of December, with three very... Locations \| Red Sea \| Deep Wrecks \| Ferries and cargo ships \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Guadaloupe's Great White Sharks My first shark appeared head-on in the distance slowly swaying from side to side. With... Destination reports \| Sharks \| Mexico \| Pacific	X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Ray Troll “In the fall of 1997, I travelled a thousand miles down the Amazon River on assignment... Portfolio
X-Ray Mag #09 - Feb 2006 Nova Scotia I can not stop feeling, that I am at the White Sea in the northern part of Russia.... Destination reports \| Canada	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 After the Tsunami It was a day of unbelievable violence. Sometimes Nature decides to wake up and with an... Ecosystems \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 South Africa Covering an area of over 1,200,000 sq km, with nearly 3000km of rugged coastline,... Destination reports \| South Africa
X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Dolphin Ecology When you are on the way back to the harbor after the afternoon dive, wild dolphins... Dolphins \| Biology	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 General von Steuben German ocean liner General von Steuben was torpedoed by a Russian submarine in 1945... Scandinavia \| WW2 \| Baltic \| Sweden \| Rebreathers \| Deep Wrecks \| Liners \| European Seas \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Let there Be Light As any diver knows, at depth light is absorbed, and one by one the colours of the... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography
X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Getting it all right Mask clearing and deployment of the Surface Marker Buoy. What's the connection between... Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Andre Hartman - the shark man Nowadays, sharks are big business and many divers and scientists have made a name for... Profiles \| Conservation \| Sharks \| South Africa	X-Ray Mag #08 - Dec 2005 Polluce Wreck - the Recovery It was one of those highly unlikely chains of unforeseable events that led us to Elba... Mediterranean \| Salvaging and preservation \| Italy
X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Miranda Krestovnikoff Wreck detective Miranda Krestovnikoff recently completed another series of dive... Profiles	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Bali Dark grey!. Usually a colour associated with dull. Not here. The dark lava sand... Bali \| Destination reports \| Indonesia	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Mangrove Ecofieldtrips Pte Ltd is a Singapore based company which employs specialist biologists... Ecosystems
X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 First Frogmen During the first years of World War II Italian frogmen demonstrated to the world how... Feature \| People \| WW2 \| Europe	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Manipulation Is it cheating? Once the conversation touches on restoring or manipulating images it... How to...	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Solo or not? When divers run out of gas in open water it can only be down to two possible... Leigh Cunningham
X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Royal Tasmania Tasmania’s Southwest National Park and World Heritage Area is the land that time... Australia \| Destination reports \| Asia Pacific	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Polluce wreck Like every grand tale of shipwreck and lost treasure, the story about the Polluce has... Feature \| News & updates \| Mediterranean \| Salvaging and preservation \| Italy \| Tall and wooden ships	X-Ray Mag #07 - Oct 2005 Salty Oceans It would seem to be self-evident to use the adjective ‘salty’ in connection with the... Water properties
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Marine Insects When we think of the animals of the oceans our first thoughts are generally of whales... Biology	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Glowing Jellyfish Probably about 90 percent of deep-sea animals are bioluminescent. Some jellies use... Jellyfish	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Navigation in Fish Coral reef fishes have a life cycle that is divided in two. They begin their life... Behaviour \| Fish \| Biology
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 The Quest for Yolanda I was on a deco stop in the cold waters of the national dive centre in the UK when my... Red Sea \| Manatees and Dugongs \| Deep Wrecks \| Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Diving Rebreathers Rebreathers look cool, glitzy, technical and heralded as the future of diving, right?... Rebreathers \| How to...	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Raja Ampat Raja Ampat in Indonesia is dotted with tiny islands scattered like beads across an... Destination reports \| Papua \| Indonesia
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Cameras and Housings In the last issue we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of digital underwater... Dan Beecham \| How to... \| Still photography	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Dive Tables or Computers? During our initial open water training, we were all shown how to use a dive table. But... Leigh Cunningham	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Discover the Underwater charms of New Foundland Many millions of years ago, a piece of a land broke away from the ancient continent,... Destination reports \| New Foundland \| Canada
X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Ireland's Connemara Sliding into brackish water riddled by a seasonal downpour might not be everybody’s... Locations \| Ireland	X-Ray Mag #06 - Aug 2005 Dr. Sylvia Earle Named Time magazine’s first “hero for the planet” in 1998, marine biologist Sylvia... NGOs \| Profiles \| Conservation	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Creatures of Cabliao After a two-hour car ride and an hour boat travel, I finally reached my destinationâ€”... Destination reports \| Philippines
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Tagging Whale Sharks Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, where divers go in... Rays \| Conservation \| Honduras	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Siberian Caves Quisque molestie. Praesent massa magna, dapibus id, euismod vitae, aliquet in, orci.... Locations \| Cave Diving \| Russia	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Cayman Islands Situated in the sparkling Caribbean Sea, the three Cayman Islands, known as Grand... Destination reports \| Cayman Islands \| Caribbean
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Hydrothermal vents Hydrothermal vents are places in the Earth’s crust where very hot water arises from... Oceanography	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Sam MacDonald A move to the remote northern Scottish province of Orkney sparked a love of the sea,... Portfolio	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Wrecks of Narvik The port of Narvik in north Norway was established around the export of iron-ore from... Atlantic \| Scandinavia \| WW2 \| Locations \| Norway
X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 U89 - Exploring U-boats in Ireland Now laying 25 miles off Malin Head, time stands still for this very impressive war... WW2 \| Locations \| Submarines \| Ireland	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Configuration Since the introduction of Scuba diving in the mid 1950s, one of the most hotly debated... Training \| Cedric Verdier	X-Ray Mag #05 - Jun 2005 Cathy Church Down the stairs to the friendly photo shop at Sunset House Hotel, a dive resort on...