Life under the ocean wave: Stunning photos show humpback whales, rays and squid in all their amazing glory

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From Daily Mail

A remarkable shot of a sharp-eared enope squid in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii taken by Jeff Milisen which offsets the brightly-illuminated creature against the dark background

© Jeff Milisen

Francois Baelen caught this amazing image of the rear of a humpback whale on camera. Another diver can be seen in the left of the photograph taking pictures of the majestic animal

© Francois Baelen

A diver swimming towards the surface of the water after going deep underwater while snorkeling. The shot was captured by Alexandre St Jean and shows the light silhouetting the diver as he slinks through the ocean

© Alexandre St. Jean

Liang Fu caught a white-banded cleaner shrimp hopping into the mouth of a grouper to pinch some leftover food

© Wu Yung Sen

Edwar Herreno was lucky enough to witness this huge number of rays as they migrated. The rays appear to form a huge solid mass as they swarm together beneath the ocean's surface

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A humpback whale s captured in the South Pacific Ocean by an Australian free diver who swam alongside the mammal

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A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) pictured in Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia. Endangered Green Turtles come to feed in the tropical waters off the island of Sipadan. As an adult, the green turtle is the only strict herbivore of all the sea turtles

© Jason Isley