by Barry Brown | Aug 1, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning all, I’m taking off to Miami tomorrow morning for 5 days so you may or may not hear from me for a few days, it all depends on the time I have. Our night dive was cancelled last night due to yours truly loosing his keys meaning I couldn’t get into the Substation to get my gear and believe it or not I still haven’t found them?? I did jump in the water 1st thing this morning to photograph the small but nice brain corals that we have growing in just a few feet of water in our lagoon on the side of the walls. I did this in case the water warms up and the corals start to bleach, then I can show you a before and after photo. I did see a few very small corals starting to bleach due to the warmer waters in the basin, I will be keeping a very close eye on them by Barry Brown | Jul 26, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Reef, Science
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, I did shoot some video and will try to get that posted for you as well. During all my dives last week these little fish would surround 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 trying to shoot the corals.  The bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) is a species of saltwater fish in the wrasse family (Labridae) of order Perciformes native to the coral reefs of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Individuals are small (less than 110 mm standard length) and rarely live longer than two years. They form large schools over the reef and are important cleaner fish in the reefs they inhabit. by Barry Brown | Jul 24, 2016 | Contest, Corals, Reef, Science
ABOUT Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last 12 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 | Jul 17, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Reef, Science
Hey gang, we had a super busy day at Substation with two runs and we had some of the worst current I have been in making the day even more exhausting! 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. The Banded Butterflyfish is a small-bodied fish that lives on coral reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean. by Barry Brown | Jul 15, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning friends, we are finally getting a little rain and a little rain is better than nothing! Aimee and I got up early this morning and took the dogs to Saint Joris Bay (before work) for a super fun, very muddy walk along the mangroves collecting small, pocket-sized pieces of beautiful driftwood. I’m guessing because of recent storms and crazy rough seas we are finding all this new wood along the shores, it’s looks like a mini tsunami went through there?? The dogs had a blast running in the soft dirt that had gotten rained on last night meaning we brought home three very dirty and tired dogs who are now fast asleep!
