by Barry Brown | Nov 26, 2015 | Fish, Reef, Science
Hello from overcast Curacao. I went with Aimee and the three dogs before work this morning and we again planted baby yucca’s, and we are finally almost done!! When our giant century plant we had in our front yard died it left behind close to 500 babies which we have been taking out to the desert every single day and planting them in hopes of keeping the circle of life alive. I have a super curious, completely unafraid brown Coney for you all today that I again shot while on my last trip to our small remote island of Klein Curacao. These are considered sea bass with their heavy bodies and large lips and are very common in many areas around Curacao by Barry Brown | Oct 27, 2015 | Fish, Photography, Science
ABOUT Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last ten years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. He is currently working with the Smithsonian Institution documenting new Caribbean deep-water species and building a one of a kind database. His underwater images can regularly be seen in Sport Diver, Scuba Diver and on the Ikelite website. His image of a "Collage of Corals" seen under blue-light at night recently placed in the TOP 10 images for the 2014 NANPA (North American Nature Photographers Association) photo contest. General by Barry Brown | Oct 24, 2015 | Fish, Science
Good morning friends, sorry about the lack of postings this week but I took three days off and stayed away from the computer. One of my main projects was to finally get some work done on our new driftwood Christmas tree. Many of you remember the one I posted last year (click on the link below) well, our new one will be bigger and better. http://www.coralreefphotos.com/merry-christmas-from-curacao-driftwood-tree Beside the driftwood project I have been busy planting hundreds of new baby yucca plants out in the desert, cleaning the house for Aimee’s return next tuesday and keeping an eye on our dog Indi who has a crazy rash that looks like crop circles. Your fish above is a handsome male Rosy Razorfish that I found along with hundreds if not thousands of others under our ship at Playa Forti a few weeks back by Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Fish, Science
Good morning friends, I’m at work alone today, our crew, the sub and ship all left for another 2 day trip to Klein Curacao to further explore the unknown depths of that little island. I had to stay behind because Aimee left today for the States to a attend a dog training conference in Texas and we had no one to watch our two little fur babies. Two weeks ago we did a four day trip with the Chapman research vessel and our little submersible to the west end of the island and dropped anchor at a beautiful place called Playa Forti. This was a trip sponsored and paid for by the Smithsonian institution at a cost of about… (are you sitting down?) $17,000 a day!! Yep you read that right, renting a ship, crew and a submarine is not cheap but is %100 necessary for those that are in search of new and unusual creatures and fish never seen by any human before
