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Loggerhead Turtle
Location - Diamond Shoals
Image Depth - 15'ft.
Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Sea turtles of every species use underwater structure for removing growth off their shell. They also wedge themselves under wrecks for sleeping purposes.This turtle is rubbing barnacles off using an ancient oak tree. This hundreds of years-old tree was found with others on the Shoals after being uncovered by storms.

THE AQUATIC WORLD OF RUSSELL BLACKWOOD

THE AQUATIC WORLD OF RUSSELL BLACKWOOD
RUSSELL BLACKWOOD IS AN INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED FREEDIVING UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAS LIVED ON AND UNDER THE WATERS OF HATTERAS ISLAND FOR OVER 37 YEARS

HIS IMAGES HAVE APPEARED IN HAWAII SKINDIVER, INTERNATIONAL FREEDIVING, SURFER'S JOURNAL, SURFER, SURFING, WINDSURFER AND MANY OTHER MAGAZINES, BOOKS, AND WEBSITES

HE HAS ALSO WORKED FOR NUMEROUS FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AS A FREEDIVING UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHER
















Image by Daniel Pullen