This brand new exhibition, showcasing the beauties of the Mediterranean’s underwater landscapes, has just been installed for more than three months in the Olbius Riquier park, in Hyères.
The Mediterranean offers a great variety of underwater landscapes, rich in biodiversity still too unknown to the general public and incredible colors! It can be easily explored, simply equipped with fins, mask, and snorkel, or for experienced divers with scuba gear. But for this winter season, the underwater photography association Déclic Bleu Méditerranée wanted to immerse you in the wonders of the Grande Bleue without having to set foot in the water!
The underwater world invites itself into one of the most beautiful gardens of the city! « Discover to better share, » the credo of the association takes on full meaning with this beautiful trail installed in the alleys of the Olbius Riquier park in Hyères.
Thus, among the autumn-colored trees, ponds, and the passage of some curious peacocks, discover the palette of colors of red coral, purple sea fans, and yellow lace, meet the impressive octopuses, moray eels, and lobsters, schools of barracudas, breams, or croakers, and observe the strange anglerfish, sea spiders, gurnards, and other groupers with improbable mouths!
The art of panoramic photography
A true trademark of the association’s photographers, the panorama is a technique of assembling tens or even hundreds of shots in post-production to create a very large format image that is extremely detailed! Discover several of the most famous wrecks in the waters of the Mediterranean, thus photographed and visible in their entirety, in all their length! Ships (the Rubis, le Donator, le destroyer 178) and warplanes (P-38, P-51) but also underwater landscapes of Posidonia, multicolored sea fans, caves with clear water, or even archaeological paths…
Over three months of exhibition
Installed as part of the Galathea festival in Hyères, which will be held from November 17 to 19 next, the 33 panels of this exhibition will be accessible until March 1, 2024, in order to be visible to as many park visitors as possible.