{"id":2967,"date":"2013-07-24T10:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2013-07-24T10:41:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:41:40","slug":"pic-of-the-day-tiny-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"Pic of the Day &#8211; Tiny Bubbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2969\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2969\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1317928311&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9awoosh.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Awoosh.Images.Sangeang\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2969\" alt=\"Awoosh.Images.Sangeang\" src=\"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang.jpg 600w, https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Awoosh.Images.Sangeang-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For wide angle Wednesday, here&#8217;s an image of Mr G amidst percolating gas bubbles, taken at Sangeyang Island, in Northern Komodo, Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Sangeyang is an active, simmering volcano. The island was evacuated several years ago, although a few brave souls remain in a rudimentary village, perched on its beautiful shore.<\/p>\n<p>We did a couple of dives with these &#8220;champagne bubbles&#8221;, at a site called Hot Rocks. It was pretty surreal &#8211; I am not aware of anywhere else in the world where divers can have this experience.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, there are also some &#8220;vents&#8221; where very warm water seeps up through fissures in the reef &#8211; which makes for some pretty groovy hand-warming stations ;^) And, it would appear that the critters like the jacuzzi too &#8211; this site was well populated with a cool cast of stuff, and the coral gardens in the shallows were lovely as well.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about this bubbly diving, and see more images captured at this site, you can <a title=\"The Komodo Chronicles \u2013 Part 3 \u2013 Champagne Diving &amp; Nudibranch Dreams\" href=\"http:\/\/awoosh.com\/blog\/?p=1299\" target=\"_blank\">follow this link<\/a> to my story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For wide angle Wednesday, here&#8217;s an image of Mr G amidst percolating gas bubbles, taken at Sangeyang Island, in Northern Komodo, Indonesia. Sangeyang is an active, simmering volcano. 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