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| LUST
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LAGOON |
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"Dan glances at the daily itinerary, scratches his fine curly hair and shifts a wad of Copenhagen chewing tobacco in his cheek. He digs out a diagram of the Yamagiri Maru from a fat file, shifts the Copenhagen to the other cheek and starts the briefing. 'The Yamagiri Maru was a transport ship. It sank from a torpedo hit and is resting on her port side.' " |
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| SPICY
FISH - THE BANDA
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"‘'The Spice Islands’ is a name that prompts the imagination to think of delectable cuisine from exotic menus accompanied by delicious odours wafting through a restaurant overlooking an azure blue sea. Reality is that the Spice Islands are nothing like that at all. Once the most coveted islands in the world, over which battles and blood was shed, the 10 islands making up the group are now scraps of prime real estate in a distant corner of eastern Indonesia." |
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| BARUNA's
BLESSING ON BALI |
"Many villagers living on the northern coast of Bali give daily offerings of fruit and flowers to Baruna, Hindu God of the Sea. Baruna in turn must protect the sea, its inhabitants and ensure that there is sufficient fish to feed his worshippers. Not a simple task with a large population to feed and Mother Nature’s temperament to placate in Bali, an Indonesian island located within the Pacific Ring of Fire" |
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| RAJA AMPAT - TALES FROM THE ENGINE ROOM |
'Look after your engine and it will look after you. Check the fuel, oil, filters and water regularly and don't forget to service it often.' Haven't we heard that from many a mechanic? In the Pacific Ocean Raja Ampat is an example of an exceptional healthy engine. |
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| EYE OF THE TIGER |
"It should not take too long," says Mark Addison confidently as he tosses a sack of sardines over the side of the boat. We are anchored 5km off the small holiday town of Scottborough on South Africa's East Coast. Mark Addison is owner of Blue Wilderness - a company that specialises in marine adventures. We are here to attempt to photograph the elusive tiger shark. |
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| FORGET FROGFISH |
Frogfish have a certain appeal. Maybe it's their lumpy cellulite appearance and their awkwardness that I identify with. Maybe its admiration for their ingenuous and effective yet lazy feeding technique. Or perhaps even jealousy of their ability to adapt their looks to match their surroundings? Whatever the reason, I have this fascination to find them. frogfish. |
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| TORPEDOES,
BOMBS AND REALLY BIG
GUNS |
The distinctive shape of
a flight deck
materializes as I
descend to 30m. I
imagine a fighter plane
returning - mission
complete. The pilot
negotiates the approach,
the deck crew ready for
the landing, the
firefighting crews on
standby and gunners
scanning the skies for
stray enemy aircraft. I
fin over the vast deck
from which hundreds of
planes have landed and
taken off. A fine layer
of silt stirs revealing
the rivets that once
held the teak planks
together. In the
sponsons on either side
of the deck rows of live
ammunition is stacked
ready to be loaded into
the tactically
positioned 5” 38 calibre
guns and MK2 Quad 40mm
guns.
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| SUPER SEVEN |
The Kwazulu-Natal coast has become a popular diving destination for enthusiasts from around the world. It offers a variety of colourful reefs, wrecks and a stunning variety of sea-life. The warm Agulhas current that flows down the Kwazulu-Natal coast allows the worlds southern-most tropical reefs to flourish, with water temperature that seldom drop below 20ºC, summer or winter. |
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| SARDINE FEVER |
"Paul, do you see any sharks from there?" Mark asks into his two-way radio. Paul Buchel is circling 500 feet above us in his single-engine Piper. The plane banks to one side and Paul's voice crackles over the radio: "There are a few on the inside of the shoal and a big one on the outside". That wasn't what I wanted to hear. I have an aqualung strapped to my back and am about to fall off the side of the boat into the writhing mass of fish. Below us the water has turned from blue to dark brown as the shoal of sardines pass beneath the boat. The water around us seems to boil as the sardines are chased to the surface by predators. They swarm on the surface and then retreat to deeper water. The smell of the sardines below fill our nostrils as the greasy little fish leave a slick that trails behind them on the surface. |
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