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Last Update August 21, 2008

 

 

Select Still Scenes from June 2008

This was my first expedition using the Canon SD-800 in a WP-DC5 housing for video and stills.

(I use 4 GB SD memory cards and had plenty of storage for a full day’s diving without changing cards)

 

Dream Voyager rendezvous with Dream Master.  Our Aramco dive group of 40 took both boats.

 

Dream Voyager rendezvous with Dream Master

 

 

Twobar anemonefish (clownfish).  (Amphiprion bicinctus)

 

Twobar anemonefish (clownfish).  (Amphiprion bicinctus)

 

Twobar anemonefish (clownfish).  (Amphiprion bicinctus)

 

 

Orangespine Unicornfish.  (Naso literatus)

 

Sabre Sqirrelfish (Adioryx spinifer) at a cleaning station.

 

Sqirrelfish (Adioryx sp.)

 

Masked Butterflyfish  (Chaetodon semilarvatus).  Note:  Butterflies almost always swim in mated pairs.

 

Masked Butterflyfish  (Chaetodon semilarvatus).

 

Exquisite Butterflyfish  (Chaetodon austriacus).

 

Striped Butterflyfish  (Chaetodon fasciatus).

 

Giant Moray  (Gymnothorax javanicus).

 

Lionfish  (Pterois radiata).

 

Lionfish  (Pterois radiata).

 

Lionfish  (Pterois radiata).

 

The Tridacna clam has symbiotic algae in its tissues to produce food energy just like corals do.

 

The Tridacna clam has symbiotic algae in its tissues to produce food energy just like corals do.

 

Bubble coral polyps expanded.

 

Bubble coral polyps expanded.

 

Bubble coral polyps expanded.

 

Bubble coral polyps expanded.

 

Alcyonarian soft coral – a special sight in the Red Sea.

 

Alcyonarian soft coral – a special sight in the Red Sea.

 

Alcyonarian soft coral – a special sight in the Red Sea.

 

 

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