I’m Cold! Gotta Run!!
A 440-yard sprint after an icy cold dive in Iceland! Got to make it back to the car before everything freezes. Never breathe on the surface without your snorkel!
Looking for Tiny Sea Creatures
A diver approaches a sea whip (Ellisella grandis) on a reef wall for a closer look. These red corals are very pretty themselves, but it’s fun to stop and take a close look. Sometimes you can find tiny, well camouflaged creatures such as sea whip shrimp, simnia snail, and whip coral goby.
Pincushion Under the Sea
You see these cute, poofy looking sea stars often in tropical waters such as the Indo-Pacific region. Culcita novaeguineae (cushion star), looks like an overstuffed cushion, but they are not soft at all. I must confess I flipped this one upside down to take a picture. I did flip it back and set it right side up after I took the picture. It was very quick.
I Found Nemo's House
Komodo, in the famed Coral Triangle, is one of my favorite dive destinations. The diversity and abundance of marine life in this region are simply amazing. I waited by this purple anemone (Heteractis magnifica) for the resident clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) to come out. Watching these guys swim in, out, and around the sea anemone never gets old.
You Don't See Me... Do You?
I saw this trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculates) “hiding” under a palm frond. The shape of the fish is so similar to the stem of the palm frond. The fish can simply hang out underneath the palm and avoid being noticed.
