Dark in deep places
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
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.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, jackson's bar, ocean, photography, scuba diving, silhouette, wildlife
A man yesterday asked me why I care about the ocean…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
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.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, lionfish, ocean, peace, photography, scuba diving, wildlife
I’m a lionfish, hear me roar
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Lionfish eyeing me suspiciously. But with his protection of poison spines, he’s not going anywhere.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, lionfish, ocean, photography, scuba diving, the wall, wildlife
I’d say he’s my favorite fish, but I say that about too many fish…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Can you see him?
Possibly a bearded scorpionfish though the distribution is wrong. Still, they’re incredibly fun to spot.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, scorpionfish, scuba diving, the wall, wildlife
I’m thankful for wild spaces and so much more
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
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.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, anemone, anemonefish, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, reef, scuba diving, the wall, tomato clownfish, wildlife
Baby clownfish, bubble anemone
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Hiding
South Button. This guy is so tiny even in macro, he’s just not visible.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, anemone, anemonefish, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, scuba diving, south button, tiny, wildlife
Now for something completely different…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
All natural...
Nature, iridescent.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, anemone, anemonefish, divemaster training, fish, iridescent, ocean, photography, scuba diving, south button, wildlife
Hold still dammit!
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
An impossible request for the longfin bannerfish
South Button denizens.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, divemaster training, fish, india, longfin bannerfish, ocean, pennant coralfish, photography, scuba diving, south button, wildlife
Sometimes nature produces crazy things…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
All natural
Underwater, the world is decidedly blue. Except when nature goes rogue, with this iridescent red anemone and its sentinel of a clownfish.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, anemone, anemonefish, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, scuba diving, south button, tiny
Clownfish redux
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
I can still see you...
Ready for your closeup, Western clown anemonefish?
Tags: andaman and nicobar, anemone, anemonefish, divemaster training, fish, india, ocean, photography, scuba diving, south button, western clown, wildlife
