![firefish.jpg (28924 bytes)](firefish_small.jpg) |
The beautiful firefish, or lionfish, dances gracefully
through the waters. |
![ribbon~1.jpg (15254 bytes)](ribbon1_small.jpg) |
Here is a ribbon eel, something I had never seen before or
since. Quite pretty. |
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![crinoi~1.jpg (27659 bytes)](crinoi1_small.jpg) |
A wonderful yellow crinoid. Look at the clarity of the water. |
![larrye.jpg (10693 bytes)](larrye_small.jpg) |
And here is the dreaded humanoid California! My fellow diver,
Larry E. enters a channel in the coral. |
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![yellow~1.jpg (25478 bytes)](yellow1_small.jpg) |
These lovely yellow soft corals are on a site called
"The Yellow Wall." We are about 100' below the surface, and yet, it is still
quite visible. |
![rosied~1.jpg (13920 bytes)](rosied1_small.jpg) |
And here you see the author of these pages, tacky pink
snorkel and all! |
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![cutthru.jpg (21729 bytes)](cutthru_small.jpg) |
Deep down in a cut-through at the Crazy Mazy dive site are
colorful crinoids. |
![bure.jpg (21619 bytes)](bure_small.jpg) |
This is our divemaster, Bure. |
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![pinks.jpg (21861 bytes)](pinks_small.jpg) |
These are lovely pink and lavendar soft corals. |
![mooris~1.jpg (20509 bytes)](mooris1_small.jpg) |
The Moorish Idol is a graceful looking fish with its elegant
plume. It is swimming above a small tabletop coral. |
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![seaslug.jpg (21236 bytes)](seaslug_small.jpg) |
Can you find the little sea slug? I'll give you a hint...it's
pink with black spots. |
![toado.jpg (23287 bytes)](toado_small.jpg) |
This toado puffer looks like someone's lost puppy, don't you
think? |
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![feathe1.jpg (18459 bytes)](feathe1_small.jpg) |
The black and yellow feather stars add color to the side of
this coral head. |
![Colors.jpg (22742 bytes)](Colors_small.jpg) |
A splash of color! |