Wendy shoots a porcupinefish |
A scorpionfish tries hard not to be seen |
As does this alligatorfish |
Turtle swims |
Turtle scratches his privates |
Turtle gives a speech from the dais |
Moray eel
(watch video) |
A colorful potpourri of reef fish including the sergeant major and pyramid butterflyfish |
Yet another colorful reef fish, the regal angelfish |
Hey, you lookin' at me? |
Colorful blueface angelfish |
A beautiful pair of blueface angelfish |
Clown triggerfish |
Humphead parrotfish |
This anemone is large enough for several families of fish |
Anemones and anemonefish were common and fun to watch
(watch video) |
This anemone needs to go on a diet |
Send me your--likely crude--entry for the name of this
anemone
(watch video) |
Nice shot of pink anemonefish taking cover under the
stinging tentacles of their host anemone |
An off-white balance produces a cool effect |
The lionfish, which are native here, are much smaller
than the invasive ones in the Caribbean that lack the
predators they have here |
A unicornfish sports a mug only his mother could love |
Batfish |
Squirrel fish |
Note the beautiful coloring on the Napolean wrasse |
The Napolean wrasses were very diver friendly |
Besame mucho |
This wrasse wants to play with Bill, who is hanging out
on a reef hook
(watch video) |
This individual really liked John ... |
...and often returned for some cuddling
(watch video) |
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Shark! |
More grey reef sharks
(watch video) |
We saw sharks on nearly every dive, especially on the hook-in dives |
Just love the background of effervescent reef fish behind this white-tipped reef shark |
One of many schools of pelagics |
Jacks or trevallies (same genus) |
Barracudas |
We saw quite a few tuna, a first for me |
Nadia captures video of the manta rays |
Manta ray feeds
(watch video of snappers feeding in the
same area) |
Rafa got a great close-up of this manta ray
(watch video) |
Bill gazes in awe at the majestic giant manta rays gliding gracefully overhead |
As suddenly as they arrived, they were gone |
Rafa poses behind a sea fan |
Bobby, who is on his fifth Palau Aggressor trip, is starting to act like the fish |
Bobby poses with a red gorgonian and feather star |
Meanwhile, Captain Marc is attacked by a killer star |
Yvonne snorkeled while we dived |
Bill enjoys the show |
Um, Lori, isn't the regulator supposed to be inside
your mouth?
(watch video) |
Bill and Lori pose above a pack of squirrel fish |
Ron hangs with the squirrel fish and Moorish idol |
Lori and Bill descend through the famous Blue Holes
(watch video of them afterward) |
Ron poses in front of the Blue Holes |
Rafa closes in for the shot |
The gang hikes up the trail for a unique adventure |
The local wildlife |
The dock at Jellyfish Lake |
The jellyfish that inhabit Jellyfish Lake |
Ron dances with the jellies that harbor a photosynthetic algae |
Lori contemplates the evolutionary changes wrought by the falling seas that trapped these jellies in the lake, without their ancestral food source |
Bill swims through the jellies |
Gary surrenders to a perverted jelly
(watch video) |
These innocent looking anemones are one of two jelly predators remaining in the lake |
Steve, Blair, Rafa, Yvonne, Ron, Lori, Keith, Mark, Bill, Gary, and Wendy after their magical experience |
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A smiling Nick was always right there to pick us up after an enjoyable dive |
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