Selections from National Geographic’s super fun gallery of Masters of Undersea Camouflage. Check it out to learn more about these masters of disguise. 

And if you really want to be impressed, watch this 5 minute TED video to see some ocean creatures that would put Peeta’s camouflage skills to shame:

(Via Barbara Mack)

These are some of the phenomenal  winners of the 2013 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Contest. Click on the images for image information and visit the contest site for more fantastic underwater photos.

Free divers (divers who rely only on their own breath) Christina & Eusebio Saenz de Santamaria documented their own adventures underwater in this incredible series of photographs. You can see more of their adventures here.

Photos from the National Aquarium Spotted Lagoon Jellyfish exhibit

Underwater Lovelies by Lise Ulrich

Images from the Giant Pacific Octopus exhibit at the National Aquarium

Luminous creatures captured by underwater photographer Joshua Lambus

Photographer Jason Bradley has photographed some pretty freaky things while working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute and the Moss Landing Marine laboratories on a project to document previously unseen deep sea creatures.

Some of the fascinating marine life from the Alaskan & Arctic regions that can be seen in the NOAA Photo Library’s collection on Flickr.

Photography by Eyeconic Images, a partnership between internationally renowned photographers DJ Struntz and Logan Mock-Bunting who have “a passion for story-telling, image-making and the ocean.” 

Underwater photographer Viktor Lyagushkin captures divers under more than just water. 

Diving swans captured by Viktor Lyagushkin 

Selected work from Marcio Cabral’s amazing Anhumas Abyss cave series.

Swimmers below the waves captured by Mark Tipple 

Bubbles captured by Mark Tipple for his Underwater Project