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Red Sea

Posted on December 7, 2014December 7, 2014 by BentMedia in Latest trips

Bluespotted stingray

Soft coral on the tile wreck

Dendronephtya

Dunraven propeller

Dunraven propeller

Blacktipped grouper

Lionfish

Coral guardian crab

Red Sea soft coral

Red Sea soft coral

Red Sea soft coral

Yolanda reef

Red Sea reefs cape

Flathead on the deck of Thistlegorm

Aft gun on Thistlegorm

Bikes on Thistlegorm

Bike on Thistlegorm

Red Sea soft coral

Red Sea soft coral

Halgerda willeyi

Humpback scorpionfish

Anthias male

Hawksbill turtle

Hawksbill turtle

Red Sea anemone fish

Porites

Plate fire coral

Red Sea soft coral

Maldives 2014

Posted on May 14, 2014May 14, 2014 by BentMedia in Latest trips

Pictures from my 2014 course on reef ecology in the Maldives with the Siren Fleet. The atolls were Ari, Malé, and Rashdoo.

Manta feeding at night

Manta feeding at night

Goniobranchus tritos

Mantis shrimp

Wire coral shrimp

Leaf fish

Red tooth trigger

Clark´s anemonefish

Raja Ampat

Posted on March 23, 2014March 23, 2014 by BentMedia in Latest trips

Raja Ampat is probably one of the most pristine dive spots left in the world. I spent a wonderful ten days in the area, doing some of the best reef diving I ever done.

Lembeh 2014

Posted on March 16, 2014March 17, 2014 by BentMedia in Latest trips

A short visit to NAD Lembeh in February. The great guides makes even a short stay worthwhile.

Maldives

Posted on April 18, 2013April 18, 2013 by BentMedia in Latest trips

Hawksbill turtle

Acropora corals in surf

Diver over Acropora field

Maldivian anemonefish

Dnedronephtya soft coral

Superstrong diver

Anthias male

Blackface moray

Porcupine fish

Bubble anemone

Stonefish

Maldivian anemonefish

Maldivian anemonefish

Wire coral goby

Green turtle

Bearded scorpionfish

Acropora colony

Healthy hard coral reef

Reef

Coral crab

Reefscape

Maldivian sponge snail

Maldive evening

Island on atoöö rim

Maldives Siren

Island with resort

Maldive sailboat

Male’

Acropora hard coral

Hawksbill turtle

Harlequin filefish

Drifting through a kandu

Maldivian uninhabited island

Sea squirts

Green turtle

Coral reef

Octocorallian

Acropora hard coral

Maldivian anemonefish

Wire coral shrimp

Anthias

Hawksbill turtle

Maldivian anemonefish

Maldivian anemonefish

Table coral

Coral reef at its best

Sipadan and Mabul

Posted on February 18, 2013March 23, 2013 by BentMedia in Latest trips

Wire coral shrimp

White eye moray

Bearded scorpionfish

Flathead

Sargasso frogfish

Sea squirt

Fluorescing hard coral

Giant sponge

Green turtle

Bumphead parrotfish

Bumphead parrotfish

Leaf scorpionfish

Robust ghost pipefish

Table corals

Stick pipefish

Stick pipefish

Stick pipefish

Fluorescing reef patch

Chevron barracudas

Spadefish being cleaned

Coral patch on Sipadan

Scorpionfish

Porcelain crab

Giant clam on Sipadan

Ornate ghost pipefish

Crinoid clingfish

Thin ghost pipefish

Crocodilian snake eel

Green turtle

Bumphead parrotfish and cleaner wrasse

Green turtle

Giant frogfish

Green turtle

Yellowmargined moray

Green turtle

Crinoid

Cockatoo waspfish

Starry night octopus

Crinoid

Bumphead parrotfish

Bigeye trevally and diver

Turtle cleaning patch

Turtle cleaning patch

Robust ghost pipefish

Hawkbill turtle eating sponges

Green turtle

Orangutan crab with eggs

Twinspot frogfish male

Hawkbill turtle crushing some coral

Sipadan soft coral

Giant moray with cleaner wrasse

The Scuba Junkie pier guard

Bajaou family

Low tide at Sipadan

The Scuba Junkie pier

Bajaou children gathering food in the shallows of Mabul

Red sea

Posted on January 23, 2013January 23, 2013 by BentMedia in Latest trips, Uncategorized

Red sea dive boats

Sunset over Sinai

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Red sea anemone fish, Red sea

Rusty oil barrels from ship wreck

Car tire with soft coral

Rusty oil barrels from ship wreck

Coral crab

Red sea anemone fish

Bluespotted stingray

Red sea anemone fish

Soft coral field

Stonefish

Cabbage coral

Basket star

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Peppered moray

Giant moray with cleaner shrimp

Pygmy cuttlefish, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Red sea wreck

Frogfish

Basket star on Thistlegorm

Thistlegorm stern

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Diver congestion, Red sea

Sea fan, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Thistlegorm canon, Red sea

Thistlegorm propeller, Red sea

Wreck, Red sea

Hawksbill turtle, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Flasher scorpionfish, Red sea

Reefscapes

Posted on January 22, 2013May 5, 2013 by BentMedia in Underwater wide angle

Reefscape, Maldives

Acropora hard coral, Maldives

Acropora hard coral, Maldives

Reefscape, Maldives

Reefscape, Maldives

Reefscape, Maldives

Acropora hard coral, Maldives

Reefscape, Maldives

Acropora hard coral, Maldives

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Thistlegorm propeller, Red sea

Thistlegorm canon, Red sea

Wreck, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral and diver, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral and diver, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Dendronephtyid soft coral, Red sea

Diver congestion, Red sea

Eroded oil barrels, Red sea

Eroded oil barrels, Red sea

Sea fan, Red sea

Sinai, Red sea