Just clicked a link to wetpixel and got a server is down message. Also checked on downforeveryoneorjustme which confirmed it is down. It was up just a couple of days ago. Is this finally the end of an era?

Still up for me at the moment...

Up for me as well, there was someone still posting until yesterday...

still working for me check your cookies

It was certainly down when I checked.and showing as being on hold in whois, maybe it was switching domain provider at the time.

1 hour ago, Chris Ross said:

It was certainly down when I checked.and showing as being on hold in whois, maybe it was switching domain provider at the time.

It was offline for me as well after I saw your message. I checked and the domain registration expiration was May 14th, yesterday. Probably something to do with that boundary.

Still up for me. I signed in and all that.

Is it still impossible to get a new account approved?

38 minutes ago, gnarliest_gnome said:

Is it still impossible to get a new account approved?

No, I expect not approval was manual and the site seems totally unattended and can only be viewed by logged in members.

Just clicked on Wetpixel for the first time in weeks and it does not seem to be responding. Anyone else able to bring it up?

down here in Japan as well...

Error code: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR

Edited September 18Sep 18 by bghazzal

RIP, dear friend.

Inevitable, but still sad

Sad that. And a very strange story all in all.

Site is down for me, also checked downforeveryone and it reports it down.

Down for me, too. I hope someone has saved the site data or that it has been properly archived somehow.

“Eric Cheng, who ran Wetpixel through its glory years, recently downloaded the entire site and being a software whizz, set about creating an extensive Wetpixel Wiki to chart the history of Wetpixel and the first 20 years of digital underwater photography.”

The History of UW Photography

As Troporobo says - Eric did download the entire site (although had to use someone else's login as Adam banned him). Hopefully more can be done in the future with all the amazing knowledge and advice that accumulated there over 25 years.

Does anyone know what happened to Wetpixel?

Derelict ship finally sank.

8 hours ago, nickrileyuk said:

Does anyone know what happened to Wetpixel?

Yes

Do a Google search for these four words: Adam Hanlon Wetpixel Thief.

I, and I am sure others, have no desire to revisit the whole thing here.

5 hours ago, JohnD said:

Yes

Do a Google search for these four words: Adam Hanlon Wetpixel Thief.

I, and I am sure others, have no desire to revisit the whole thing here.

Good riddance to Hanlon, same about Wetpixel.