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Bonaire
01-03-2007, 10:02 PM,
#51
Re: Bonaire
THere are a large variety of eel in Bonaire.  You have the common green moray eel and the less common manytooth conger.



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01-03-2007, 10:07 PM,
#52
Re: Bonaire
Bonaire is one of the great places in the world to study squid.  The squid can put on a great show when they come around.



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01-03-2007, 10:10 PM,
#53
Re: Bonaire
In the soft coral you can find all sort of little creatures.  Here are two of my favorite, the fireworm and the flamingo tongue.



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01-03-2007, 10:15 PM,
#54
Re: Bonaire
Finally in the coral you can find the Christmas tree worm and the scarlet band cleaning shrimp.  These little guys make the time spent worth it.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as I enjoyed making them.  But finally we have to say good-bye to the 84 deg F water and get back to the real world of 33 deg F river water and a dry suit.

In either case, get out and dive.

Doug


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11-03-2007, 04:42 AM,
#55
Re: Bonaire
I finally  was able to put together a few pictures from a trip in March to Bonaire. It was a great trip and I took many pictures.  It was a blast.  Bonaire offers a lot of freedom to dive and really enjoy yourself.  You can easily get in 20 to 30 dives in a week and see many sites as there is a large diversity of creatures in Bonaire.

A few pictures would be nice.

One of the thins that I like is the variety in Bonaire.  In over 20 dives we saw a moray eel in every dive.  The variety we saw was great: green, spotted, sharpstail, goldentail, chain, purplemouth and manytoothed conger.  Here are tw nice examples.





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11-03-2007, 04:46 AM,
#56
Re: Bonaire
Megan is a great spotter.  Conditions were extremely good for spotting fish life.  Here Megan demonstrates her diving skill.  And a good look at the great coral that exists in Bonaire.



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11-03-2007, 04:50 AM,
#57
Re: Bonaire
I like to take pictures of the little things.  Here are some nice crustaceans.



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11-03-2007, 04:52 AM,
#58
Re: Bonaire
Here are some other fine little things.



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11-03-2007, 04:55 AM,
#59
Re: Bonaire
I also like to watch the blue fish.  But sometimes they gang up on the reef.



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11-03-2007, 05:02 AM,
#60
Re: Bonaire
Finally some of the things that made this trip remarkable.  We ran into a lot of silversides on these dives and they were very interesting.  Usually they would open up as a ball and you could pass therough the cloud.  But when frightened, they would run into you and it felt like being hit with paint balls.  Made for a great time.

There were also a lot of squid.  They put on some great shows.  They are an exceptional creature and more than fun to watch.

It was a great trip and I hope that these few pictures show how fun it was.

Doug



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