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      <description><![CDATA[Camera manufacturer Insta360 has officially partnered with Scuba Schools International to transform how underwater adventures are captured and shared worldwide.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Longtime Curaçao operator The Dive Bus has announced a temporary relocation from its home in Marie Pampoen.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The finalists for the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest have been announced, bringing together a remarkable body of work that honors the ocean in all its complexity — its wonder, its fragility and the urgent need to protect it.]]></description>
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      <title>Insta360 Unveils Its New X6 8K Action Camera</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recreational divers make millions of dives every year and collectively see more of the ocean than any research fleet. Almost none of what they observe is ever used.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unique Group is the company that successfully delivered the engineering, survey and infrastructure systems supporting the Vanguard subsea human habitat.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Marine ecologists at the University of Delaware are using sharks as mobile monitoring stations to track Atlantic storms along the US East Coast.]]></description>
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