Good morning, or should I say GREAT morning, I got a fish named after me today!! Is that super cool or what?? For years I have been photographing all the new finds made by the Smithsonian, many I have posted for you all to see.…
Barry Brown
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New Healthy Staghorn Corals
Good morning friends, while out searching the reefs last week I encountered a new area full of endangered Staghorn corals and they are beautiful! I ended up finding around 30 little patches or colonies and they are all looking great, this is a super endangered coral!…
Juvenile Bluehead Wrasses (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
Good morning friends, one of the coolest things we see on the reef each year is a new explosion of bright yellow colored fish called Bluehead Wrasse, these are juveniles. To see this in person is a sight to behold and it’s one of the coolest things we have ever seen; during all my dives last week, these little fish surrounded me in great numbers, creating a yellow wall of color in front of whatever I was trying to photograph and at times I just gave up trying to shoot the corals. …
Removing Deadly Gill Nets from a Live Coral Reef
Good morning faithful readers of the blog, yesterday, my friend John walked in and and asked if I had seen the new gill net that was at 100 feet out in front of the Sea Aquarium? I looked at him with a blank expression and said “what are you talking about”??…
Clown Wrasse
Good morning friends, most of you know how much time I spend underwater with my camera; most days I have to battle crazy currents, fight surge from the passing waves and try not to get stung by jellyfish or bitten by numerous sea creatures, not to mention the always glooming threat of my camera flooding!!…
Pillar Corals
Good morning readers, today I have an insane colony of Pillar Corals for your viewing pleasure that I shot on yesterday’s dive. Not sure if you can tell from the small photo, but there are fish everywhere, this is what a healthy coral reef should look like, all I can say is “Wowzers”!…
Microplastics
Good morning, I have something for you that is causing quite a stir in the world right now: Microplastics! I found this mess on the shores of Saint Joris bay and it would take a miracle to clean it all up as it is so small!…
Coral Reef Photo, Live, Healthy Corals, Soft Corals
Hey gang, I have a BEAUTIFUL coral reef scene for you all today that I took in around 25 feet of water in front of the Sea Aquarium, or Shipwreck Point as it’s known around here. This is a mixture of soft and hard corals with the centerpiece being the soft coral gorgonian surrounded by the orange fire corals on the right and massive colonies of starlet corals on the left and in the middle.…
Healthy Curacao Corals
Good morning all, I had a fabulous dive out in front of the Sea Aquarium yesterday and for once the seas had calmed down and the visibility was insane! My mission was to photograph as many healthy corals as I possible could in one dive using my trusty 16mm lens.…
Two Banded Butterflyfish in a Vase Sponge
Hey gang, I have two Banded Butterflyfish for you this afternoon that I found deep down inside a vase sponge at around 50 feet. These small six to seven inch butterflyfish are usually always found in pairs and are some of the most photographed reef fish we have as they are so easy to approach.…