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Category Archives: All About Scuba Diving
Pic of the Day – Lava Flow
Out of destruction, there is sometimes beauty. This image was captured at Banda Api, in the Banda Sea area of Indonesia. This dive site is aptly named “Lava Flow”. In May 1988, Bandi Api volcano (elevation 640 metres/2100 feet) explosively … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Photography, Pic of the Day
Tagged Banda Api, Lava Flow, Volcano
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Pic of the Day – Orangutan Crab
So by now you might be thinking – whassup with the roll call of crustaceans? Is this chick crabby or what? There is something you might not know about me – I get on a thing (Words With Friends, the … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Photography, Pic of the Day
Tagged Oncinopus sp 1, Orangutan Crab
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Pic of the Day – Coral Hermit Crab
Okay, so I am feeling crabby again, even though the biblical rain storm that we woke up to this morning has blown through (literally – huge, gusty winds right now), and the sun has made an appearance. I am crabby … Continue reading
Toot, Toot :^)
I have been approached by Sport Diver Magazine to do a series of photocentric features for them. The first piece was on Raja Ampat, in Indonesia, and appeared last month. This most recently published piece is on diving in Thailand … Continue reading
The Komodo Chronicles – Part 9 – Current City, Man
It’s been a while since I added a chapter to the Komodo Chronicles. Sorry about that. My last entry was about the final few dives we did in the Gili islands, in Northern Komodo. At this point in our trip … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Stonycoral Ghostgoby
So I seem to be on bit of a macro run ;^) I captured this little goby on a trip to the Banda Sea, in Indonesia. When trying to identify it, I had to wade through pages and pages (and … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Feeling Crabby
I will admit that I am feeling a bit crabby today. The rains have returned after a blissful stretch of warm and sunny weather here in Vancouver. In the span of a few lovely days, during which our garden literally … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Hairy Squat Lobster
Yesterday, I featured an image of a large barrel sponge. Today I share an image of a Hairy Squat Lobster (Lauriea siagiani). These things are quite tiny – about 3/4 inch across its carapace. They are pink in colour, and … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Photography, Pic of the Day
Tagged Hairy Squat Lobster, Lauriea siagiani
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Pic of the Day – Spongeworthy?
Today’s pic is a bigass barrel sponge, taken in the Banda Sea of Indonesia. Sponges are cool things – they grow big (this one was at least four feet tall), and fast, and are host to several little reef critters, … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Canoodling Cuttlefish
It’s no secret, I love cuttlefish. I could watch them all day. Inquisitive, seemingly intelligent, quick to colour and pattern change – these are fascinating animals to encounter on a dive. Cuttlefish belong to the same family as octopus and … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Balloon Fish
Here’s a cutie for a funny Friday fish face. The image of this Balloon Fish (Diodon holocanthus) was captured in Ambon Harbour, Indonesia. A member of the porcupine fish family, these guys and gals can inflate themselves up into a … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Peacock Mantis Shrimp
The Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) packs a heck of a punch. Equipped with a smashing claw – used for breaking shells to eat their inhabitants – these shrimp are more than capable of shattering the macro port of an … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Mr G Goes to School
Today’s image was captured at Paseo del Cedral (Cedar Pass) in beautiful Cozumel. There are many lovely sites on Cozumel, but Cedral continues to be one of my favourites, even though I have done many, many dives on it. To … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Mexico Travel, Photography, Pic of the Day, Travel
Tagged cozumel
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Pic of the Day – Hairy Frogfish
Now here is a fish you don’t see every day. This weird little frogfish (this one was about 4 inches long) was found on a night dive by eagle-eyed Wendy, one of our regular buddies. It was an awesome find, … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Ambon Arch
I captured this image at a site called “The Arch”, on the west side of Ambon Island, in Indonesia. The image was shot with a Tokina 10-17mm lens, fully dialled out at 10mm. It was still fairly early in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambon Arch, indonesia
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The Komodo Chronicles – Part 8 – Back in the Blue
After a side trip to Fiji, here I am back to revisiting Komodo, about half way through our ten day adventure. The last few blog posts covered the great macro dives we did in Bima Harbour, off the island off … Continue reading
Fiji 2013 – Love, Actually
So when I sat down to write this blog post about Fiji, what emerged was a love story. I mean, I seriously love this country, and like all true love, my adoration only deepens with time. I was planning on … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Fiji Travel, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Air Pacific, Dive Wananavu Fiji, Wananavu Resort
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Bula!
More radio silence from me as I snuck away for a week of diving with two of our daughters in Fiji. It was a last minute quickie, and fortunately I was able to bag decent airfares from Air Pacific (which … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Fiji Travel, Travel
Tagged Dive Wananavu Fiji, Wananavu Resort
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The Komodo Chronicles – Part 7 – Rinse & Repeat
So here we are, still anchored in Bima Harbour – at the site of the morning’s rude awakening bomb dive and two more sweet muck dives. There is one more dunk offered this day, a night dive on Fuzzy Bottom – … Continue reading