It was a full day at the office. I had to take The Yankee in for her class, while she continues her leg recovery. I did work things, and then took us to lunch. In the afternoon I drove her across campus to her second class, then picked her up later and took her to the house. Then I bought new dress shoes, something I could write about at great length, and returned to campus for television.
We could talk about the day-to-day, or we could look at some diving pictures. I’ve spoken with my editorial committee and consulted with my high-priced consultants and it has been decided. We will look at some diving pictures!
This was the first fish I saw on this trip, and the first photo I took with my new-to-me SeaLife camera. Please meet the tropical Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix). You’ll find this guy’s cousins in most any tropical waters in the world.
This lovely little tangle of coral and sponge was where I first noticed how well this camera picks out the yellows. It’ll come up again.
There’s my dive buddy! You always have to keep an eye on your dive buddy.
More great sponge growth.
You have to remember to look in all the directions, and down, and up!
But if you keep looking for sea turtles, you might miss some lovely sponges.
Dive buddy check!
Here’s the lovely, and common, yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis). They can grow up to four feet in this part of the world.
Clearly I need to learn the names of more of the coral and sponges.
Think it’s easy? Do you know what this fish is?
Not so easy, is it? Don’t worry, you’ll have more chances to get some names in the coming days. (And if you know the common or scientific name of that fish, do drop it in the comments.)
