Since its inception in 2005, the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science's underwater photography contest has drawn amateur photographers from waters around the world. The winners featured in this gallery are also on display in a traveling exhibit throughout south Florida.
Photo Credits: Marcello DiFrancesco
The greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) near Malapascua island, Philippines.
– Marcello DiFrancesco, Italy
Photo Credits: Steven Kovacs
A juvenile lionfish during a night dive in Roatan, Honduras.
– Steven Kovacs, Florida
Photo Credits: Pietro Cremone
Raccoon butterfly fish and angelfish on a reef in the Red Sea, near Sharm el Sheik, Egypt.
– Pietro Cremone, Italy
Photo Credits: Judy Townsend
A male Dusky Jawfish with his clutch of eggs at the Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach, Florida.
– Judy Townsend, Florida
Photo Credits: Austin Gallagher
Oceanic white tip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) near Cat Island, Bahamas.
– Austin Gallagher, Florida
Photo Credits: Laura Rock
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) in Bimini, Bahamas.
– Laura Rock, Florida
Photo Credits: Laura Rock
Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) during the annual spawning event in Jupiter, Fla.
– Laura Rock, Florida
Photo Credits: Beth Watson
An anemone shrimp in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
– Beth Watson, Missouri
Photo Credits: Kyle McBurnie
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) in a kelp forest at Cortes bank, near San Diego, California.
– Kyle McBurnie, California
Photo Credits: Douglas Good
An emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on two nudibranches (Risbecia tryoni) at Dinah's Beach, Papua New Guinea.
– Douglas Good, Pennsylvania
Photo Credits: Joseph Tepper
Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii.
– Joseph Tepper, New York
Photo Credits: Alex Tattersall
A lionfish on the Thistlegorm wreck in the Red Sea, Egypt.
– Alex Tattersall, United Kingdom
Photo Credits: Frederica Bambi
A porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) on an anemone at Pescador Island, Cebu, Philippines.
– Frederica Bambi, Italy
