X-Ray Mag

December 2023

Your Minor Fender Bender Can Result in Serious Vehicle Damage

4 months ago By Third Party Content

Fender benders aren’t uncommon. Your bumper can get tapped in parking lots, red lights, and even driving on a busy street. 

Basically, this type of minor car accident can occur almost anywhere and at any time. Your vehicle can even get dinged sitting in the driveway when someone’s pulling in or out. Even though the damage appears minimal, your minor fender bender can result in significant vehicle damage.

Malta: Protecting an Underwater Heritage

Words
Michael Salvarezza and Christopher P. Weaver
Images
Michael Salvarezza and Christopher P. Weaver
Diver at the smokestack of the El-Faroud wreck
Diver at the smokestack of the El-Faroud wreck
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In the waters of Malta, an island nation that sits in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, there are deep historical shipwrecks dating back to ancient times, to the First and Second World Wars, and up to the present day. Michael Salvarezza and Christopher P. Weaver share their exploration of some of Malta’s wrecks and reefs.

“It’s not often you see snow on the Vesuvius volcano here in the Gulf of Naples, where I live in Sorrento. It soon vanishes due to the mild temperatures. I’ve always wanted to take a photo, and I finally managed to get into the water to do it. During my walk along the Marina Grande in Sorrento, my usual place for winter night diving, the wind pushed a large quantity of jellyfish along the coast. I was lucky to find one that had a small passenger on board, a juvenile imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis).”

Winners of the DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition 2023

4 months ago By Main minion

The competition invited submissions to seven image 
categories and one video category, with entries 
evaluated by a panel of award-winning photographers: Stephen Frink, Renee Capozzola, Scott “Gutsy” Tuason, Allison Vitsky Sallmon, Matty Smith and Amanda Cotton.

Divers from the Naples Police underwater unit, based in Naples, Italy, have retrieved a substantial piece of obsidian from the remnants of a Neolithic shipwreck, off the coast of the island of Capri.

Discovery of a potential Neolithic shipwreck off Italy’s coast

4 months ago By Main minion

The discovery was made near Capri’s famous Blue Grotto, a site historically used as a private bath by Roman emperors. Divers from the Naples Police Headquarters’ underwater unit located the wreck, which contained obsidian core material at a depth of around 40m. One of the cores, showing clear traces of chiselling and carving, measures approximately 28 x 20 x 15 cm and weighs almost 8kg.

Bonaire: A Diver's Paradise

Words
Matthew Meier
Images
Matthew Meier
Glassfish with large colony of purple tube sponges and sea rods at Bonaire
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A Caribbean island nestled in the Leeward Antilles, warm and sunny Bonaire is a diver’s paradise with lots of shore diving and easy-to-reach fringing reefs, attracting divers at all levels who wish to explore and enjoy its beautiful reefs and marine life. Matthew Meier shares his adventure there.