I thought I’d share some of the pictures I’ve been taking underwater for the past few years. Hopefully they will allow you to escape the current situation, even if only for a second.
I will also share some (I hope) interesting facts about the photograph itself so that you might learn something in the process !
This is a picture of a Green Turtle I encountered in Madagascar last year.
Sea turtles do not have gills, which means they need to breathe at the surface, just like we do, and hold their breath when they go underwater. They can hold their breath for up to 7 hours when resting! They can often be found taking a nap under a ledge or in a cavern and often rest in the same spot.
Most species are migratory, meaning they travel between feeding and nesting grounds. Every female sea turtle will go back to the exact same beach she was born on to lay her eggs, before heading back to her favorite feeding ground, a journey of up to a few thousands kilometres!
Nearly all species of sea turtles are classified as endangered by the IUCN, mainly because of human activities such as fishing (they are caught as by-catch) or loss of nesting grounds due to tourism and coastal development.
Fun fact: Green Turtles are actually not green. They are more brown/yellowish and have really beautiful patterns on their carapaces. They are called Green Turtles because of the color of their fat!
Any question or fun fact about sea turtles? Comment below, I’d love to hear from you
Thanks for the wonderful underwater photo and for the story. I love the sea turtles - they’re super cute! I also like diving and snorkelling as you can see in my post 5 cool things to do in the Maldives, but I couldn’t take photos of the sea turtles as during my diving sessons the cameras weren’t allowed. But I can show you other underwater photots and I hope you will like them:
Thank you so much @thomaschardon for your nice post about Green Turtle.
It is interesting to read.
Last summer I visited island Zakynthos.,where the turtles. Catetta-Caretta inhabit.We were on the Marathonisi Sea National Park ,where the turtles lay eggs.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your nice pictures @KatyaL !
I see a lot of fishes I am familiar with, it’s incredible to think that two places so far apart - almost 5,000 between Mozambique, where I live, and the Maldives - actually share a very similar marine life.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your experience of Greece with me @helga19 .
Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta, as you mentioned) are beautiful and intelligent creatures as well. Did you get to see hatchlings by any chance? It is an incredible experience.
That particular turtle was massive, one of the biggest green turtle I’ve ever seen. The carapace only was just over a meter in length so it must have weighed about 150 kg.
Underwater photography is indeed a steep learning curve, it started off with a lot of bad pictures and a few lucky good ones but I am slowly getting to a point where I am quite often happy about my pictures. Perseverance definitely pays off in photography.
Hi 
good job 
Here’s my post