Underwater photographer captures clarity of Lake Tahoe

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Journalist and photographer Dylan Silver slips into a 9 mm-thick wetsuit, booties and gloves before diving into Lake Tahoe on a winter day, underwater camera in hand.

Below the surface it’s quiet — no boats churning up the water, decreasing the lake’s famous clarity, or other swimmers disturbing his solitude. The water temperature is around 40 degrees, after all, and there’s snow in the mountains.

“I’ve been swimming and snorkeling in Lake Tahoe since I was eight when my family lived in Gardnerville,” said Silver. “My mom would bring me up, and I would motor around on my little rubber raft, jump in and swim down into the depths.”

When Silver discovered an interest in photography from his work as a journalist, the idea of combining that with his passion for swimming in the lake seemed like a natural next step.

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