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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650i )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650h )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QRTJKUQBC
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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650g )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QRTJKUQBC
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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650d )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QRTJKUQBC
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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650e )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QRTJKUQBC
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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650b )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QRTJKUQBC
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Swimmers in lake turn fluorescent blue due to bioluminescence, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Hart/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1277650a )
Out Of The Blue
These swimmers look like they have been playing with radioactive paint as they glow a fluorescent shade of blue.
Photographer Phil Hart, 34, snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence", which happens when a naturally occurring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
Phil put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible.
The resulting images are particularly stunning due to the high concentration of the micro-organism 'Noctiluca Scintillans' at that time in the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia.
Phil said: "To be there watching this bioluminescence is spellbinding and to see it like this is very rare.
"I am a program director with an organisation that has been running canoeing camps on the Gippsland Lakes for fifty years.
"Nobody can remember a time when the bioluminescence was as bright as it was on this occasion.
"The sequence of bushfires and floods which brought such high levels of nutrients into the lakes for these organisms to feed on may not happen again in my lifetime.
"I feel very fortunate to have been there to see it and to have had my camera gear there to record it."
Phil, from Melbourne, Australia, added: "While the luminescence was obvious to the eye, the bright blue colour is only apparent in photos with the camera.
"When the first photo I took appeared on screen I could hardly believe it - the people in the water looked freakish.
"It was like we were playing with radioactive paint.
"We stayed up late on several nights and never got tired of playing in the water and taking photos."
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Phil ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QRTJKUQBC
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Goa, India - Dec 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morgan King / Rex Features ( 1347567c )
Lifeguard sits in chair observing swimmers on Utorda Beach, Goa, India
Goa, India - Dec 2010
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Photographer captures images of waves breaking underwater, Australia - Jun 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Tipple/Solent / Rex Features ( 1206453q )
Surf's Up For Underwater Snapper
A photographer spent months being battered by the sea as he captured the moments waves broke underwater.
Alex Tipple took the stunning shots of swimmers and surfers emerging underwater engulfed in clouds of whitewater while being frequently rocked by the waves himself.
The 29 year old captures the split second moments off the Australian coast and regularly gets beaten in the head by his 5kg, specially adapted camera for his troubles.
Alex, from Sydney, Australia, came up with the idea of photographing waves underwater after becoming frustrated with 'normal' surf photography, and wanted to capture the moments from a different perspective.
He said: "During a flat spell in Sydney I shot a few small waves with people swimming off to the side.
"The results were pretty graphic and led to people swimming becoming the focus of the series, which was against my initial intention but looked great.
"Most of the people I photograph are just enjoying themselves at the beach and I ask them if they'd mind being in a picture.
"I tell them what I'm doing and show them a few photos and mostly they're amazed.
"Most of the time I come off worse than the people I'm shooting, generally I'm looking sidewards to track where they are in relation to where the wave is, and tend to pay more attention to them than the wave; which can rock me pretty hard.
"I'm pretty comfortable underwater from years of surfing, and can ride out the waves breaking overhead.
"Most of the credit has to be paid to the camera though, I'd be lying if I didn't say that most of the time I hold the shutter down and point in the general direction of the people.
"The housing is about the size of a shoebox, and weighs about 5 kilograms, heavy enough to hurt when it hits me in the head.
"I gu...
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Australia - 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Sowersby / Rex Features ( 1191590k )
A life guard goes into action to warn swimmers of the dangers of currents at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
Australia - 2010
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Swimming at Hampstead Heath during the snow, London, Britain - 08 Jan 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 1085198b )
Extreme swimmers
Swimming at Hampstead Heath during the snow, London, Britain - 08 Jan 2010
Temperatures of 2 degrees in the water is equal to minus 20 standing outside in trunks. Extreme swimmers have to swim all year round to adjust to the freezing conditions.
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Brave winter swimmers take their daily dip at The Men's Pond, Hampstead Heath, London, Britain - 08 Jan 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Macnaughton / Rex Features ( 1082083m )
A winter swimmer calls it a day
Brave winter swimmers take their daily dip at The Men's Pond, Hampstead Heath, London, Britain - 08 Jan 2010
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Brave winter swimmers take their daily dip at The Men's Pond, Hampstead Heath, London, Britain - 08 Jan 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Macnaughton / Rex Features ( 1082083h )
Lord David Freud braves the icy water
Brave winter swimmers take their daily dip at The Men's Pond, Hampstead Heath, London, Britain - 08 Jan 2010
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Brazil Rio De Janeiro
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eye Ubiquitous / Rex Features ( 1269449a )
Crowds at Ipanema beach with yellow umbrellas blue sea and sky swimmers in sea and hotels along the Avenue Vieira Souto with group of young women in foreground. Brazil Brasil Brazilian Brasilian South America Latin Latino American City Travel Destination Urban Vacation Beach Beaches People Sunbathing Crowds Childre Kids Young Ipanema Swimmers Swimming Hotels Sea Avenue Viera Souto Destination Destinations Female Woman Girl Lady Holidaymakers Immature Latin America Sand Sandy Beach Tourism Seaside Shore Tourist Tourists Vacation Sand Sandy Beaches Tourism Seaside Shore Tourist Tourists Vacation South America Southern Sunbather Water
Brazil Rio De Janeiro
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Bodrum, Turkey - Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by ABC Medya Ajansi / Rex Features ( 1008715f )
People enjoy the sea in Bodrum, Turkey
Bodrum, Turkey - Aug 2009
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Bodrum, Turkey - Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by ABC Medya Ajansi / Rex Features ( 1008715e )
People enjoy the sea in Bodrum, Turkey
Bodrum, Turkey - Aug 2009
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PXGW0381 South Africa Durban 1989.
Whites and blacks enjoy Durbans beaches after the lifting of the whites only beach regulations. race, apartheid
Photographer Graeme Williams/South. (FOTO: DUKAS/AFRICANPICTURES.NET)
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BRITAIN'S SWIMMERS 'DOWN UNDER'
8 February 1950
Swimming for the England, Scotland and Wales teams at the Empire Games in progress now at Auckland, New Zealand, are these eight men and nine women photographed at the Olympic pool in Auckland.
They are, left to right, (standing) Royston Romain, Wanstead, London; Raymond Legg, Bristol; Donald Bland, New Lambton, Fence Houses, Co Durham; Patrick Kendall, Sutton, Surrey; Jack Hale, Willerby, near Hull, East yorks. Peter Heatly, Portobello, Midlothian, (Scotland); Albert Kinnear, Loughborough (Scotland); John Brockway, Newport, Monmouth (Wales); and seated: Helen Yate, Plymouth, Devon. Elizabeth Church, Harpole, Northants; Margaret Wellington, Sydenham, London; Lillian Preece, Wallasey, cheshire; Grace Wood, Bristol, Edna Child, Shepperton on Thames, Middlesex. Helen Orr Gordon, Hamilton (Scotland). Elizabeth turner, Galashiel, (Scotland) and Margaret Girvan, Motherwell, (Scotland) (FOTO:DUKAS/TOPFOTO)
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