Toxic beauty…

Lionfish

Lionfish at Minerva’s Ledge.

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What oceans look like when we don’t take all the fish…

Abundance for the time being...

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Dark in deep places

A lot of light already gets filter out when you’re 30 meters below the ocean’s surface. Overhangs, gorges and swim-throughs make things all the more eery when sunlight seems so far away.

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A man yesterday asked me why I care about the ocean…

Lionfish...

And I actually struggled briefly. I can list all the ecosystem services the ocean provides: carbon sink, climate regulation, regional weather control, vital food chains. I can talk about all the direct human needs that are satisfied by the ocean: the billions that live off fish for protein, the hundreds of millions whose jobs depend on the seas.

Those are all reasons why I care. But my passion is really driven by the wildness of the blue below, and how exhilarating and yet also peaceful it is to visit that world.

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I’m a lionfish, hear me roar

Lionfish eyeing me suspiciously. But with his protection of poison spines, he’s not going anywhere.

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I’d say he’s my favorite fish, but I say that about too many fish…

Can you see him?

Possibly a bearded scorpionfish though the distribution is wrong. Still, they’re incredibly fun to spot.

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I’m thankful for wild spaces and so much more

Tomato clown

I have a lot to be thankful for: people I love, the direction of my life, numerous opportunities and wild spaces like this anemone+tomato clown.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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