Mandarin Love
(Two photos of mandarinfish mating.) The Photo Tourist just returned from our annual “big trip;” this is the first post of a probable series from Indonesia. Description of a sunset dive to photograph mating mandarinfish at Lembeh Resort.
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Peekaboo
This is a small Caribbean reef (spiny) lobster I found while diving with Dreamtime Dive Center in Mahahual, Mexico — the small town near the cruise ship port called Costa Maya. The dive center stands right on the beautiful white sand beach that runs the length of the town. Highly recommended; check them out if you ever get there.
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Toad Ugly
Half-way through a very nice dive at Turneffe Atoll off Belize, the divemaster found this whitespotted toadfish. The whitespotted toadfish is reported only in waters off Belize, which makes this fish unique and interesting — though also quite ugly.
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Pincushion
The Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
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Touring Egypt 34: Like all oceans, the Red Sea is full of sea urchins. Many people do not realize the sea urchin actually comes in many colors and forms. Some have long, thin spines, while others have short spines; stubby, pencil-shaped spines; […]
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Out for Dinner
The Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
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Touring Egypt 32: One of nature’s most unusual animals looks like a plant. Divers see these all over the world’s oceans, but we usually don’t think too much about it. Our eyes see a crinoid, and we automatically think of it as […]
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