Gallery: Crash Into Me: Underwater Wave Photos Turn a Fluke Into Eye Candy

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    Documenting life below the surface

    *The first image Mark Tipple made for* The Underwater Project
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    Documenting life below the surface

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    Sydneysiders revel at the beach in summer's heat

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    Documenting life below the surface

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    Documenting life below the surface

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    Shooting the underwater project in the Cook Islands

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    Documenting life below the surface

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    Documenting life below the surface

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    Documenting life below the surface

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