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Welcome to the collection of images and materials dedicated to scuba diving equipment — a device used for underwater breathing. Scuba gear is breathing apparatus that allows a person to breathe underwater thanks to a compressed air tank and a system that supplies this air through a regulator and a breathing controller.

Scuba gear is used in various aquatic environments: seas, oceans, lakes, and rivers, as well as in swimming pools for learning and training. It allows for significant depth dives and prolonged submersions, opening access to the study of the underwater world, its flora and fauna. Using scuba gear requires adherence to safety rules and certain training, which makes it popular among professional divers as well as recreational underwater swimmers.

The key components of scuba equipment include a high-pressure tank filled with air or special breathing mixtures, a breathing regulator with a two-stage pressure reduction, a pressure gauge to monitor the air amount, as well as accessories — a mask, fins, and a wetsuit. Scuba systems can vary in configuration and purpose: from compact setups for free diving to complex technical apparatuses for deep-water dives.

The above-water environment for scuba use consists of water bodies with diverse climatic and hydrological conditions, including warm tropical seas, cold northern lakes, and areas with variable visibility and currents. Valleys, coral reefs, underwater caves, sunken objects, and vast underwater landscapes — all these locations become accessible thanks to the use of scuba equipment.

Scuba gear symbolizes the discovery and exploration of marine depths, providing humans the opportunity to penetrate the amazing and heterogeneous underwater world, observe natural processes and living organisms in their natural habitat, and perform work unattainable without special equipment.

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Close-up of an orange whale emerging from the underwater environment with bubbles

Orange Whale in the Ocean Depths