Belgium's Laplet Slate Mine: First Visit in Over 100 Years
For a cave diver, it is always an exciting moment to be the first to dive a location that has not been visited by other divers before. The Laplet slate mine in the Belgian Ardennes was such a location for our small group of explorers.
Join Wetpixel on a trip to the Red Sea
Join Wetpixel in diving and photographing one of the planet’s most rich and diverse marine environments. The Egyptian Red Sea, with its abundance of shallow fringing reefs, offers the opportunity to capture stunning underwater imagery. The confluence of nutrient-rich currents in the area makes for fantastic underwater scenery and many photographic subjects. The area boasts over 1,200 recorded species of fish, 1,000 invertebrate species, and 200 types of soft and hard coral.
Unimatic U1
Unimatic’s minimalist U1 series of dive watches was an instant hit upon its release in 2015. Handsome, highly legible dials combined with perfect proportions drew hordes of adoring fans, from hardcore divers to city slickers and everyone in between. The Modello Uno professional divers are coming back, this time, in a slimmer case and powered by an automatic Swiss Sellita SW200-1 movement, available in brushed finish and black DLC coating.