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Weekly Photo Challenge – Gathering
Yellow-Headed Jawfish A gathering of eggs, so to speak… This is the famous yellow-headed jawfish. Its curious lifestyle includes how it takes care of its brood. The male jawfish carries the gestating...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Circle
Sea Urchin Here’s a literal interpretation of the challenge for this week. I had never seen a sea urchin that had made its home on the top of the reef. They usually like their hidey holes and all one...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Life Imitates Art
Amphitrite Or this is shot is strictly about art. Here is the mermaid Amphitrite as she adorns the Sunset House Reef on Grand Cayman. You can also see how the life on the reef has added colors to her...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Half-Light
Gray Reef Shark On an early morning dive off of Little Cayman, here’s what showed up to check us out… To learn more about the Weekly Photo Challenge, click here.Filed under: Colorado, Nature,...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Pure
Juvenile Drum Fish Pure delight. Pure beauty. Pure innocence. This little juvenile drum fish is one of those symbols of young life on the reef. They’re fairly rare, spend most of their time flitting...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Curve
Fluorescent Brain Coral I have been reading about fluorescence on the coral reefs for some time, so during our recent trip to Roatan, Honduras, I decided to try my hand at photographing it. Many life...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Partners
Four Eyes Butterfly Fish Always in pairs, Butterfly fish flit around the reef feeding on coral polyps. Observing their behavior, it’s easy to see where they get their name. I love seeing these little...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Details
Pederson Cleaner Shrimp Of course I’m going to post an underwater macro shot for this challenge! Here’s a Pederson Cleaner Shrimp dancing on a brain coral head. These guys are tiny – about an inch long...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Narrow
Nassau Grouper’s Hiding Place While this young Nassau Grouper thought it was in a narrow hiding place, the fish was quite visible to us as we finned by. I had never seen a grouper use a gorgonian coral...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Edge
Cayman Sponges I shot these sponges because I enjoyed their edges! This shot was taken while diving in Little Cayman on Bloody Bay Wall. We had a wonderful time diving from the live-aboard boat – The...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – H2O
Social Feather Dusters Yes, of course, I’m posting an underwater photo. We just got back last week from a ten-day diving trip to Belize. The challenge is to pick just one shot! I decided on this...
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Shine
Fluorescent Coral Did you know that most coral polyps fluoresce? Here’s a shot taken on a night dive during our recent trip to Belize. I used a blue spot light to excite the fluorescence in these...
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