Tag: swimming

May 22, 2015

Picture of the Day: Swim Call in the Gulf of Aden

Picture of the Day: Swim Call in the Gulf of Aden

Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima participate in a swim call on 18 April 2015. During ‘swim calls’ sailor and marines get to take a casual dip in the sea while onlookers above keep an eye out for sharks and other undersea creatures.

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Apr 14, 2015

What Freediving Into a Blue Hole Abyss Looks Like

What Freediving Into a Blue Hole Abyss Looks Like

Watch freediver Guillaume Néry plunge deep into a blue hole abyss off the coast of Long Island, Bahamas. A “blue hole” is a term for a water-filled sinkhole with an entrance below water level. Seen here is Dean’s Blue Hole, the world’s deepest known salt water blue hole. It plunges 202 metres (663 ft)…

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Apr 2, 2015

Picture of the Day: Diving Into the Abyss

Picture of the Day: Diving Into the Abyss

© Dean Treml/Red Bull Cliff Diving Seven divers perform a mass dive from 19 metres (62 ft) after the second training session of the seventh and final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the famous Ik Kil cenote in Yucatan, Mexico, on October 16th 2014. A cenote is a natural…

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Jan 22, 2015

Swimming with Giant Manta Rays in Ecuador

Swimming with Giant Manta Rays in Ecuador

Watch these divers swim with Giant Manta Rays off the coast of Ayangue, Ecuador. What an unforgettable experience this would be!

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Dec 5, 2014

Just an Owl Going for a Swim

Just an Owl Going for a Swim

Apparently this owl retreated to the water for a swim to escape two peregrine falcons. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an owl swimming before, but the form looks good! The video was taken at Loyola Park Beach in Rogers Park, Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan.

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