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Mary Bess Johnson is the featured artist in November at Gallery North in Edmonds. She takes a look at members of several undersea families.

Johnson said she is fascinated by the seemingly endless variety between even closely related creatures. "Nature has so many unique techniques for solving life's challenges for these animals: evading predators, finding food and attracting a mate," she said.

Over her 50-plus years as a scuba diver, she has observed a wide diversity within species and has chosen some of her favorite images for this exhibit.

Johnson took her first underwater photograph in...