To some, scuba diving may seem like an extreme sport, while others view it as a relaxing activity. But a new adrenaline rush is emerging in the scuba community as one of the “must do” activities in the sport, especially among underwater photographers. It is called Blackwater diving.
As a new diver, Brook Peterson came to appreciate the beauty
of the underwater world, but not all diving is rainbow reefs and
unicorn fish. Muck diving is just what it sounds like: scuba diving
over an a barren seafloor covered in rubble, dead coral and
even man-made trash. Read on as Brook writes about her first
encounter with the intrinsic beauty hidden in the muck
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All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray
I’ve been for a dive, on a winter’s day.
I’ll be warm and dry, when I get back to L A,
But now I’m California divin’ on such a winter’s day
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