In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, divers Mackenzie Ashim, left, and Lisa Burton, right, work on their entries at the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key Largo, Fla. Credit: Frazier Nivens | AP

A group of scuba divers submerged 30 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to take part in an underwater pumpkin carving contest.

Nearly two dozen artists used dive knives and other tools to craft their jack-o-lanterns.

Carvings included stingrays, an octopus, jellyfish and traditional toothy grins.

They had to keep the naturally buoyant pumpkins from floating away while they carved.

Finned and gilled yellowtail snapper fish swam close to the action.

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