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Lakes and Springs Gallery
Pictures of Lakes and Springs around the southeast of the USA . For more pictures, check out our main library and raw photos.
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Rainbow River
Kayak Diving in Rainbow River
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Open Water Class
Open water class at Alexander Springs
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Spring hunting
Its not easy looking for new caves. This was on Black Water Creek in the Wekiva forest near Orlando, Florida
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Lake Denton
Open water class at Lake Denton
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Lake Denton
TJ waiting for students to get back into the water for dive two
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Full Face Training
At Blue Spring trying out new gear and configurations
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Hudson Grotto
This is about the best you'll ever see in Hudson Grotto
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Turtle at Lake Denton
These bottle nose turtles are always looking for a hand out
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Open Water Junior Diver
Denise with a 10 year old learning to scuba dive
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Do-rag works!
TJ with his new do-rag. He uses it to keep the sun from burning his head at Lake Denton
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Where is that fish?
Denise is forever looking to take pictures and mostly of an elusive species call a Pickerel
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Open Water Class
Getting late at the pool session
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Pool
Pool session as part of an Open Water Class
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Alexander Springs
Learning bouyancy is important during the Open Water Class
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Open Water Class
Open Water Class at Alexander Springs
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Royal Springs
Denise looking for Pickerel at the flooded Royal Springs park
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Royal Springs
Most of the time this is dry land
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Eagle's Nest
TJ with a few tanks needed to do a dive at Eagle's Nest
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Manatee
This was taken at Hospital Hole in the Weeki Wachi river
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Manatee
These guys love us
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Eagle's Nest
Tommy B after a nice deep dive
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Alexander Springs
Diver at Alexander Springs
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Pool Training
Its a very late pool session
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Mud Turtle
This is a Florida Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri
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Blue Spring
One of our divemasters hanging out on a safety stop at 18 feet at Blue Spring
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Gar at Blue Spring
School of Gar at Blue Spring
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Longnose Gar
Lepisosteus osseus, part of a very primitive family of fish. Gar have been present in North America for about 100 million years!
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Pool
Open Water Class at the pool
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Lake Denton
Open Water Students at Lake Denton
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Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus, at Hospital Hole
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Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus, at Hospital Hole
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Hospital Hole
Manatee at Hospital Hole
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Ladyfish
Elops saurus, at Silver Glen Springs
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Softshell Turtle
Florida softshellturtle, Apalone ferox, in Rainbow River
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Bass
Bass at Alexander Springs
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Red Breast Sunfish
Lepomis auritus, at Alexander Springs. Sunfish are bottom feeders, and they hunt and feed mainly during the day. They have a varied diet and will eat anything from fish eggs, insect larvae, snails, clams, shrimp, crayfish, and even small fish! Sunfish eat lots and often, they grow fast and many live to be more than 6 years old!
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Spotted Sunfish
Lepomis punctatus, at Alexander Springs. Spotted sunfish can be distinguished from other sunfish as they have turquoise colored lower eyes, and distinctive spots. This species is most common in Florida's deeper springs.
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Gar
Longnose Gar at Blue Springs. Check out those teeth!
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Alexander Springs
Water plants at Alexander Springs
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Mullet
A school of Mullet at Blue Spring
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Blue Tilapia
Oreochromis aureus, in the run at Blue Spring Volusia. These are non-native/invasive species, and are quite problematic, as they compete with native fish for spawning grounds, food and space/habitat. These fish are native to Africa, but have become established in the St. Johns River drainage, probably through the release of aquarium fish and escape from fish farms. Tilapia are common in the spring run during cold weather because they cannot survive in the cold temperatures of the St. Johns River in winter. During the coldest periods of the year, Tilapia may be present in the thousands in the lower third of the spring run!
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Catfish
Catfish at Blue Springs. Catfishes are a diverse group of fish, so called for their prominent barbels around their mouth, which resemble a cat's whiskers. They all have an excellent sense of hearing, and touch, which they use for detecting prey and predators
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Alligator
This was a 5 foot alligator was obvious to us as we swam by at Blue Spring!
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Alligator
Another alligator in an area spring
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Defog
TJ with his defog
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Manatee
Manatee in Blue Springs run
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Manatee
Manatee in Blue Springs run
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Gar
Gar at Rainbow River
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Rainbow River
Tim looking into a rocky ledge at Rainbow River, Florida
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Blue Spring State Park & Spring
This picture was taken while looking up and out of the spring at Blue Spring State Park
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Open Water class with a Manatee
We didn't plan it. It just happens sometimes. This Open Water Student got to see a manatee during the last check out dive
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Pool Briefing
Pool Briefing Pool briefing at the Maitland pool
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Blue Spring
Divers taking a break and relaxing while doing their safety stop on a ledge
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