I have a wonderful little Yellowline Arrow Crab for you all today, sitting on top of a sponge without a care in the world. These crabs are know for those beautiful purple claws, big eyes and his super cool top-hat, such a fantastic creature….…
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Spotted Scorpionfish, Scorpaena plumieri
Good morning out there, check out this outrageous Scorpionfish that we found on a night dive, he or she has the biggest lips I have ever seen on one of these fish, I think he could swallow just about anything!…
Balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus
Good morning friends, Curacao is having some crazy high winds right now which is very unusual for this time of year. I have a very cute Balloonfish for you all today that I found at dusk heading out one night for a night dive.…
Three Colorful Red Shrimp: Cinetorhynchus manningi
Here are three beautiful Red Night Shrimp, Cinetorhynchus manningi that Aimee and I found on our last night dive, hanging out in the shallows on a big rock. They usually have red bodies and may have white to tan bands and spots with dark green eyes.…
Three Spotted Drums
Good morning all, so what’s better than finding one Spotted Drum?? That’s right, finding two, and what’s better than finding two Spotted Drums, the answer would be finding THREE!!! Some of my underwater photo friends out there know not only how cool it is to find these fish in numbers but to have the chance to get them all in one photo, it just plain doesn’t happen every day!!…
Ikelite Underwater Housing
Good morning friends, here’s Aimee posing with the newest Ikelite underwater housing. This is a sleeker, super sexy housing that just came out made for you folks that want to take your expensive camera in the pool, down to the waves or snorkeling, you are going to love it!!…
Two Banded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus
Good morning, we have an overcast day on tap and it looks like it wants to rain but I think it just forgot how. We continue to do our early morning “save the wildlife” by bringing in water and bird food every morning to our two big feeding areas out in the desert.…
Caribbean Reef Octopus on a Gorgonian
Good morning friends, I have a beautiful juvenile Caribbean Reef Octopus for you all today that I found at night clinging to this little gorgonian, talk about picture perfect!! We are constantly amazed at the multitude of colors these animals can change to in a matter of seconds, here he or she is displaying a brilliant electric blue color that one has to see in person to believe it…Our island is drying up once again at an alarming rate due to very little rain fall, for the first time since we have been here we didn’t get our normal winter rains, this means more drought is ahead.. …
Caribbean Reef Octopus Hunting at Night
Good morning faithful ones, I have a spectacular Caribbean Reef Octopus crawling over a colony of delicate fire corals in search of something to eat for your viewing pleasure today. Most night dives, we usually come across at least one octopus and it’s impossible to ignore them with their crazy colorful bodies that constantly change colors and their ability to crawl up and over anything on the reef, it’s truly cephalopod entertainment at it’s best!!…
Curacao Reef Scene, Scrawled Filefish Photo
Good morning gang, I’m spending this week preparing for our up and coming talks at the Smithsonian next month, I am going through old photos night and day… The photo here was shot about a week ago on my last dive out in front of the Substation lagoon.…