Good afternoon, I have a beautiful “as good as they get” Callyspongia vaginalis, Vase Sponge for you all that I found on Klein Curacao earlier this year. These sponges like so many of the other varieties are teaming with life.…
Barry Brown
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Gorgonians in Curacao
Happy New Year one and all!!!!
Aimee and I are both being flown to Washington to the Smithsonian Institution february 8th through the 13th to do talks about what we do not only at the museum but at local high schools as well; I will get you those dates when I have them.…
Whitespotted Filefish, Cantherhines macrocerus
I have a full size adult Whitespotted Filefish for you all today that I shot yesterday while out photographing the sub at 50 feet in front of the Substation entrance. These fish are super calm and very curious, one of the few easy fish for new underwater photographer to shoot.…
Giant Barrel Sponges, Xestospongia muta
Good morning from rainy overcast Curacao! Check out these monster sized Giant Barrel Sponges, Xestospongia muta that we found at 70 feet on our drift dive from the Sea Aquarium house reef to the Substation house reef.…
Divers and Giant Sea Fan
Good morning one and all! Since last Thursday afternoon, I have pretty much been diving with our two guests Karen and Alan non stop and it has been a blast!!
I shot this photo of our two new divers holding hands drifting over a giant sea-fan in front of the Sea Aquarium at Shipwreck Point at around 35 feet.…
Juvenile Smooth Trunkfish
Good morning from the windiest place on Earth! Like the rest of the planet our weather is messed up and not normal! We should be having rain every day but instead it’s been crazy windy with very little sun!…
Juvenile Puddingwife, Halichoeres radiatus
Good morning friends, I have a colorful juvenile Puddingwife wrasse for your viewing pleasure today. As many of my fellow divers/underwater photographers know this fish never stops swimming and is very hard to get a photo of.…
Grooved Brain Coral, Diploria labyrinthiformis
Hi guys, I have a hard to find colony of Grooved Brain coral, Diploria labyrinthiformis for you all today that I found on the sandy slopes of Klein Curacao. Diploria labyrinthiformis, known by the common name grooved brain coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Mussidae.…
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp, Periclimenes yucatanicus
Good morning friends, I have a Photoshopped “hide and seek” type of photo for you all today of a beautiful little one-inch-long Spotted Cleaner Shrimp, Periclimenes yucatanicus hiding in a big Giant Anemone.…
Rose Lace Coral, Stylaster roseus
I have a little, very delicate Rose Lace coral for you all today that I shot in the mouth of a little cave on our Substation house reef. This hydrocoral forms small colonies, up to 7 cm high by 11 cm wide.…