Big, bad barracuda
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Swarming at Dixon's Pinnacle
The last of my divemaster training series from the Andaman Islands. It’s about time, as I finished DM more than a year ago. *sniff*
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Heads up, barracudas
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Hundreds of them riding the current
Great barracuda, hovering above Dixon’s pinnacle…
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Teaming with and fighting for life
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Soft coral at Dixon's Pinnacle
Soft coral at Dixon’s Pinnacle, though protected by its depth and temperature, remains under serious threat like much of the world’s coral as seas warm and acidify. This is a picture of what mankind may very well be pushing out of existence.
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Healthy coral in the deep blue
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Undisturbed...
I spent several days diving recently off Panama’s Isla Colon, where the water is cloudy with sediment, corals are sometimes covered in sand, mud and dirt and large schools of fish are hard to come by. This is likely due, at least in part, to the runoff from all the plantation activity in the surrounding country.
I can’t help but contrast that with photo, from Dixon’s Pinnacle in the Andamans, of remote, relatively untouched coral that is clean, free of disease, blue shifting from the depth and unbleached.
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Ohhhh… barracudaaaa
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A large swarm of teeth
Majestic if also a bit unnerving in a school. I’ve seen the cloud of exploded fish after a hunting great barracuda went in for the kill. They could easily dispatch me if they were so inclined.
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Lionfish out for a swim
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Lionfish
These guys tend to stick close to reef and shelter during the day, frequently not moving at all and relying on their camouflage and poisonous barbs to defend them.
This one, was out above the reef almost in open ocean for a cruise at Johnny’s Gorge.
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Lionfish have weird eyebrows…
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Am I right?
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Cruising Johnny’s Gorge
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Like swimming over a giant mouth…
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Big sponge, little fish
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Strut your stuff, kid…
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Juvenile emperor angelfish over a barrel sponge
Juvenile fish are often fantastic to look at, dynamic and vibrantly colored. And typically, like this guy, they look almost nothing like their adult form.
This comes from Johnny’s Gorge.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, barrel sponge, divemaster training, emperor angelfish, fish, india, johnny's gorge, juvenile, ocean, photography, scuba diving
