The underwater world off Racha Island, just off the coast of Phuket, is seriously teeming with life! From pufferfish and eels to strange-looking sea cucumbers and huge schools of barracuda, cameraman  <a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/contributors/contributor?mId=4987">Stewart Whitfield</a> is in for one busy dive.
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<p>Dive trips kindly sponsored by <a href="http://www.rayadivers.com/">Raya Divers</a>, Thailand</p>

Up close with a venomous sea snake, a spotfin lionfish and a Kuhl's ray

Oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth's surface - that's a lot of space to explore! From estuaries to coral reefs and kelp forests, Earth Touch's underwater crew is telling the stories of the deep blue - one extraordinary dive at a time