brown tube sponge..shot just off the mooring at Eagle Ray Pass...one of the more popular sites on the North Wall..
UNDERWATER GARDENS, NO. 7
Even with my glasses cannot read "Fisheye". Will take your word for it. Thank you for the ID. Until this thread I wouldn't have known what you were talking about. Have learned a lot in the last few months but not even a drop in the bucket.
lol. I'm younger than you Christi and I couldn't even read it. Now that I have said that I have to try again.
WELL! You're right. I'm older than dirt. My grandson wants to know how old is dirt.
LOL. Dirt is older than dirt I say.
Still gettin' around pretty well...thankful for that.
In fact, night, night.
Wonderful seahorse and fabulous underwater pictures, Thankyou John!
Under the sea..under the sea...
Thank you LouC for recommending me this trip. Such beautiful pictures. Thanks Caribblue and Louispolaire (ca va?), all so interesting and never could be duplicated in other forums! I just love that chocolate lined top snail. Quite a comical fella!
Though I'm island born, I can't swim. Thank goodness there are others brave enough to dive 70 feet below for us landlubbers!!!
Thanks again!
Isn't that the truth..
Oh, John......where art thou? We need more pictures, please! Thank you!
John, we are missing you a lot. Are you busy? How's your hand?
LouC Goosey
Sylvain, are you on another cruise? sure hope everyone is ok.
No, I'm right here. There's no cruise in my future until Jan. 13th and then only for 5 days (big sigh). I'm out of underwater pictures so I have nothing to post that wouldn't be off-topic. I post pictures on another photo thread:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/794636/
The photos there are also quite interesting.
Sylvain.
Come back here. We have missed you. I don't post any pictures at all and I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE. now. there.
You are watching this thread anyway. In the mean time, why not follow the goings-ons on the other thread, too.
That other thread is full of land-based gifted photographers. You'll see, you'll like it.
Sylvain.
Hey gang...real busy here lately and not much time to sit idle....glad to see you again,
green sea turtle....shot in little cayman a few years ago....
j
Oooh ain't it something! Morning all.
In Malaysia, unfortunately, turtle eggs are sought after for street food.
Thanks J,
~Jaye
Great turtle, John. I love that vert-de-gris colour on it, almost like a bronze sculpture's patina.
Sylvain.
thanks, yeah, we had some poachers capture a female on the beach and ran off with her in a wheel barrow.....these creeps did not however, outrun the marine enforcement and were caught red-handed, before they had a chance to butcher her...she was returned to the sea immediately and no harm was done...the purps await their day in court...
Hawksbills are much more plentiful here in Cayman so when we get to see a green, it is a pleasant surprise!!
Good Morning. The deep blue contrast and the verdi-gris of the turtle is beautiful. Just soaring along so gracefully in the water.
Hope your hand is not giving too much discomfort.
Christi
Beautiful pictures! Hope you are doing alright John! Say "Hi" to Katie!!!!
Not sure what kind of sea turtles these were, but they were just hatched on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. Though you should never interfere with them, we found a nest that had been attacked by (prob.) raccoons and then ants invaded and were killing the babies that did hatch. We had a biologist with us, and he supervised the rescue. We were allowed only to bring them out of the nest - they had to find their way to the water by themselves. They imprint on the place where they are born and return there to nest. Apparently very few survive long in the water at this size. It was amazing to watch them race to the water. We cheated and helped one who got turned around in one of our footprints!
They start out very tiny.
incredible.
They are such amazing creatures! I am glad that at least some of them made it to the sea where they at least have a chance for survival that they would not have had if they remained too long on the shore.
The nest was quite big - I was surprised. We were pleased we could save some of them - it was just after sunrise and already very hot. It was comical but moving, too, to see them run so fast. We have lots of shots that are just a blur, but I've saved them all. It is a very special memory. :-)
OK, those are about my only ocean-related photos. I'm afraid my quiver is empty now.
Hey, John. Mike says to ask if you have been to StingRay City? It is in the travel section of our paper today. Sounds scarey to me.
Not scary at all....been there many, many times.....Sting Ray City is about 12 feet maximum depth....I prefer to snorkel it rather than dive it on scuba.....much more fun!!! The Sand Bar is another Sting Ray encounter site....about waist deep water.....it is really a must do for any first time visitors....these gentle creatures are so interactive....they want squid....if you have squid, you will not escape...if you can't be bothered, don't handle the squid, period....if you don't have the scent anywhere on you, they will not bother you...
if any DGer's were to ever come and inquire about SRC or Sand Bar, I can link you up!!!
To answer your question C, I've been there a time or twelve.....
We got us a Christmas Breeze and just chillin now....yard chores done,,,,Christmas Beef marinating....life is good in Cayman!!!
Image: "Cruisin' da sand bar"
Thanks, J. Sounds good to me....never know, maybe sooner than later.
Cowboys Sunday, hotdogs and lots of anxiety for Michael.
We won so all is well. John, we need Katies recipe for the marinade. OT is the name of the game sweetheart. We always eventually get back to the subject matter but this is how we get to know each other better. Have never had the opportunity for fresh butchered beef. Only fish. See ya in Kansas.
Beautiful sting ray John. I think I would be a little nervous after Steve Irwins awful encounter, I am still so sad about that....
Haven't seen sting ray here, only mantas, but they were plentiful in Mexico.
Glad to hear from ya John and to know all is well in the Cayman's. Sure is here as well, warm, sunn, and bright. Suppose to rain tomorrow. Great shot as always!
Think if I saw them "cruisen" I'd be cruisen elsewhere......they look scary to me, too, Jen.
Keep the pix coming John! They are wonderfull!
I went to Stingray City twice. I loved it both times. I was sad to learn the news that Steve Irwin had been killed by a stingray but then, you have to admit the guy was a showman who really got under its animal victims' skin. He grabbed rattlesnakes by the tail, he jumped on the back of crocodiles and alligators, he almost got in trouble with an aggressive komodo island dragon, etc. The list of animals he pestered in his life is longer than I care to recall.
I don't think he sat through the stingray survival course on the way to the sandbar. Thousands of tourists flock to SRC every month but Steve Irwin got killed: bad, bad bad stingrays! As John said: they are after squid pieces the tour operators provide so the tourists can feed them by hand. It's a simple equation: no squid, no stingrays. They have seen way more people wading on the sandbar than the tourists have seen stingrays. I still say SRC is one of the safest animal encounter excursions one can take. The Caymans rock!
Sylvain
One more thing on my list to do in this lifetime.
SI's encounter was a rare and flukish incident. It just thoroughly hurts my heart that the stingrays will now have an undeserved rep as the bad guys. They are beautiful and gentle creatures.
Hi all!!!! Kathleen - your turtle adventure is something to be envied...way to go girl!!!
John, hugs to you and your bride! So glad you are back posting...you were sorely missed.
Polarbear my friend, we are of one mind on many things. Jeanne and Jenny - like most the ocean dwelling creatures, stingrays should be respected, but not feared. Take one of us more experienced "ray watchers" with you, and you will enjoy them as much as we do.
My darling Loooocy! How I have thought of you and talked of you and missed you since our wonderful Houston day. It is good to be back in touch...
I have missed you all! So good to be back. Here are some turtles (look closely) in ankle deep water on the beach in Hawaii... I was suprised they came so close to lots of people.
We have reallllly missed you.
That is a great shot! It is surprising to see them so close in, and so many of them!
Cool! We've really missed you and are so glad that you are back!!!!!
Believe me...I have missed all of you more than you know. It's amazing how we all became such good friends so quickly. Have you two seen Randy again since "our" day? That man is definately one of the good guys, huh? JB keeps saying that I have such really great friends! You made us feel so welcome...and we were all so comfortable together. Would that we were closer, it would be great to go out for coffee and just chat...thank you so much Christi for giving me such a glorious day to remember.
Shari, welcome back. We missed you. I just love that picture with the turtles. And look how that water shimmers. Isn't it gorgeous? Oh, I am definitely a creature of water. It holds quite a fascination for me. I was telling someone the other day that one of the best parts of cruising is looking at the horizon at sea: perfectly level. They looked at me with that look you'd get when showing a goldfish a picture of a skateboard. What can I say, I love the sea.
Sylvain.