I had to pretty ruthlessly curate the many images I captured on the trip, to pare it down to 20 or so underwater shots that I thought fairly represented the highlights of the diving we did. I have many more that I think (hope) are worthy of sharing, and I thought I would start with this, a Nembrotha kurbayana nudibranch.<\/p>\n
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These green and orange nudibranchs are quite common in the tropical Pacific, and are not very difficult to spot on the reef – the bright orange margins on the rhinosphores (horns) and gills are very distinctive, with the added bonus that these nudibranchs are quite large – typically two to three inches long.<\/p>\n
I had some time with this nudibranch as it crawled across the reef, and was fortunate at one point to be able to get a bit below it so I could shoot up into its face. The result is this sort of otherworldly perspective of the thing…<\/p>\n
Nudibranchs use their ‘horns’ (rhinosphores) for smelling – food sources, and other nudibranchs with which to mate. They are hermaphrodites, so have both male and female sex organs.<\/p>\n
Well, here I am again, after a very long hiatus from blogging. Last week I posted a link to a piece I wrote about a trip to the Philippines, which was just published in Scuba Diving Magazine. I had to … Continue reading ![\"nudi600\"](\"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nudi600.jpg\")
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