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Divers cut away the deteriorated raft and clamped an eight-armed "spider" over the turret. The turret was then placed on a support platform, and the whole assembly was raised.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash of Iron | 8/19/2002 | See Source »

The next morning, our first day of sailing, dawned brilliant and warm. As the sun rose higher, a stiff breeze rolled over the hills of Selayar, and the crew prepared to cast off. The passengers watched rapt as the five-man crew pulled lines taut and the two green and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lose Yourself in Indonesia's Seas | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

These walls off Selayar can be explored solely by scuba divers. The seafloor starts its descent to the continental shelf a few meters below the waves, then rapidly turns vertical and beyond the reach of even the most deep-lunged of snorkelers. The sensation during that first wall dive is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

The islands are in fact the tail end of the Arakan Yoma mountain range. The submerged peaks cover a 1,000-km arc from Burma to Sumatra, surrounded on all sides by deep ocean. Divers and snorkelers can swim with all the usual reef crowd?butterfly fish, blue napoleons, sea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour: India | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

Perhaps because they are so remote, the reefs are relatively unvisited; divers are more likely to meet a manta ray than another human. Almost all the scuba shops are based in Port Blair, and while there are a number of interesting dive sites in the vicinity, the capital is hardly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour: India | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

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