A fantastical dive in Saipan...
If this looks off to you, your intuition is correct. This is a split capture (or over/under) of "The Grotto" in Saipan. A collapsed cavern with tunnels to the open ocean. A truly amazing place and experience. You park at the top down and walk through steep jungle stairs illuminated by a hot mid day sun with all your gear. At the bottom a massive and tall open cavern surrounds a large pool of water with waves and churn from the ocean beyond.
As you descend to swim out, the lighting from outside beaming up through the water is breathtaking! (Bonus photo from an old post) The clarity and distance once you're outside is some of the best I've ever seen! Schools of fish roamed freely as well Giant Napoleon Wrasse.
While revisiting this album it clicked that these two images needed to be combined. The enormous sea fan corals stretching down like roots and the cave features aligning perfectly! At a quick glance it looks like a stand split until you realize the sky is meeting the open ocean at 30m deep. It's one of my favorite creations, hope you enjoy it!
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