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I have been to lots of places where I felt a panoramic would be a great thing to have.  Guess what?  You don't need any special cameras to create a panoramic photo!  For this tutorial, you will need Photoshop - so if anyone knows how to make them with other image programs, please write a tutorial!

What is needed:
Photoshop (confirmed working on version CS-CS3)
Any Digital Camera

How to make a panoramic photo.

1. The first step is to snap a few photos that you will want to connect together.  IMPORTANT: Make sure that the photos you are taking will overlap at one edge (i.e. starting from the left photo, make sure that you identify a point on the right side of the shot.  When taking your next shot, make sure that point is on the left side of the frame.  Notice how my photos overlap below:

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Dive house was very well run. We did 13 dives in 4 days. Never the same site twice. Ask your DM to take you to Palancar and Columbia Deep, Paradise is too shallow and not much to see.

Tormentos is another good reef.

If you do not tell the dm's where you want to go, they will take you to the closest reef to the hotel, so they can get back quickly. SO make sure to ask them where YOU want to go.

Make sure and reserve your trip to punta sur, the signature dive of cozumel. It is 10 dollars more but well worth it. Also, they have 100 cu ft tanks available to those air hogs out there for 6 bucks more. The night dive was cool..

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Greetings, I am an avid trip reporter.
However, this is my first 5 star report. Not that I am picky, but I am a frequent traveler and have certain expectations , especially when paying good money for service.

FIESTA AMERICANA IS AWESOME !!!!!!

I am a hardcore diver and so is my roomate. He went here 6 weeks before our trip, came back and booked another trip for he and I to go back.. thats how awesome it is.

I dove everyday 4 and 5 dives a day and the reefs were beautiful. Ask your divemaster to go to Palancar, Columbia and def. arrrange a trip to Punta Sur the signature dive of cozumel This dive is 135 feet so you must be an advanced diver/.

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Alright, my poor ScubaAddict.com has been somewhat neglected lately. I've been overworked, and now, finally, I have a vacation to Maui for a couple of weeks.

I do have plans for a major rework of this site. I thought I could save time using a pre-packaged 'blog-style' software application. Well, I don't like it. I hate dealing with other people's code. So, I will be porting all forum posts, and articles, reviews, etc to a new site design. So keep posting!

This recode of the site will take some time, but I believe it will be worth it. I plan to have extensive Google Maps integration, a better forum, and article posting and photo galleries that are more user friendly.

Look forward to it!!

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Greetings all. I was a bit skeptical at first when my friend mentioned that he dove Epcot's Living Seas. I saw the video he had and wasnt too impressed. However, I have since changed my mind.

It is very nice when they greet you at the front gate and bring you immediately behind the scenes.. The divemaster gives you a briefing of how they recycle over 35,000 gallons a minute of saltwater. How they make it, how they catch fish from reefs and then bring you throught the aquaraium and give a brief tour.

Then again behind the scenes to the laboratory where they study and nurse animals back to health and also the food processing area, Tag and release area, etc.

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PENSACOLA, FL (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency today issued the Navy a permit to sink the retired aircraft carrier USS Oriskany off Pensacola Beach in May.

The agency issued a permit for disposal of chemical toxins known as polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs aboard the ship.

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MANILA (Reuters) - Greenpeace said Tuesday it will pay nearly $7,000 in damages after the environmental group's flagship, the Rainbow Warrior II, hit a coral reef at a world heritage site in the southern Philippines.

The accident Monday was "very regrettable," Greenpeace said in a joint statement with the Tubbataha National Marine Park, but it laid some of the blame on maritime charts showing its ship was 1.5 miles from the reef.

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FREE Rodales Scuba Diving Magazine

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Start Sampling - Sometimes it shows up - sometimes not (may have ended in October). Check back often.

Get them while they last!

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This certificate has been claimed

Scuba Addict Members -

May be a longshot, but if anyone lives in Colorado, I have a free Drysuit class to give away. First person to pm (private message) me with their address gets it! Class location is Coral Reef Scuba Center - Arvada, Colorado.

This certificate must be used before August 4th, 2005 (you must register for the class prior to August 4th). Doesn't include course materials or gear rental. I've been told it is a $150.00 value.

I won it in a '4th of July' Treasure Hunt.

This has been claimed and is no longer available.

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Exerpt from IsraCast:
"An Israeli Inventor has developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of compressed air tanks. This new invention will use the relatively small amounts of air that already exist in water to supply oxygen to both scuba divers and submarines. The invention has already captured the interest of most major diving manufacturers as well as the Israeli Navy."

Alon Bodner is currently working on the full-scale prototype that, in a few years, could change the way we dive.

Read the full story here.

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