Hi everyone, and Happy New Year from the UAE. Keen underwater photographer with an obsession with nudibranchs. Stumbled upon this site after being pointed in this direction from a similar minded individual in SoCal.

Happy New Year from a gardener/insect lover in South Carolina, US.

Happy New Year from Turkey :) Hopefully I’m going to visit your country in a month and observe some reptiles there. Since you’re into underwater photography, do you often see sea turtles and sea snakes there?

hi @kseniiamarianna Yes frequently see turtles off the east coast in specific places, but not guaranteed on every dive. Sea snakes are fairly common off Kalba on the east coast [image] Not 100% sure of the species as apparently there are several here.

@kseniiamarianna Here is a close up, perhaps you can identify the species from it? [image]

Wow, really amazing! I have no experience with sea snakes (yet), so unfortunately I can’t help you to identify this one, because there are at least 10 species of sea snakes in UAE and most of them look similar to my unexperienced eyes :)

Please upload it to the website, forum is not for identifications, that way your information will be safely stored.

Greetings from the UAE

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kitty12 January 3, 2021, 3:55am 9

Welcome, and Happy New Year from Canada!

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Greetings from the UAE

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