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"This shot was taken during a dusk dive in Southern Leyte in the Philippines. I ended the dive with an amazing sunset," wrote Paul Cowell of his winning image.
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Surfacing into a Sunset

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Auster and colleagues direct a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive on the New England Seamounts.
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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

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Image of a rapa whelk, a large marine snail retreated into its shell
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Rapa Whelk

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Shown here are several deep-sea coral species: From left to right are an unidentified purple octocoral, a small gold acanthorgorgiid octocoral, and a large colony of pink Corallium secundum
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Diverse Deep-Sea Corals

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Red coral necklaces in a display window. Harvesting deep-sea coral to produce jewelry like this threatens these ecosystems.
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Coral for Sale

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But closer to the CO2 seeps, the complex reef has been replaced by a “monoculture” of boulder corals.
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Monoculture of Boulder Corals

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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Photograph of a translucent red-orange comb jelly against a black sea.
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Red Mid-Water Comb Jelly

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This Marine National Monument protects a chain of atolls and reefs 1,931-kilometers (1,200-miles) long.
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

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A beautiful bromeliad blooms among the mud and roots of a mangrove swamp.
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Dancing Bulb

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Two scientists peer out into the ocean from inside the Curasub, a 5-person submersible
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Inside the Submarine

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An underwater photo of a school of jacks and a scuba diver
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Bigeye Jacks and Diver Balicasag, Philippines

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