This is the all time winner of any one legged ass kicking contest. This is a hand operated construction machine for compacting dirt and it is called a 'Wacker'.
They say that there is a cold front coming
through pretty quick and that it is raining like hell in Texas right
now. I figured I'd better get in my last dive while it's nice. It's
going to take a day or two dry out my gear and get it packed for the trip
home early next week. I went in at Isaac's to drift down to Blue Angel.
You may recall from that last panorama of Isaac's at Vila Blanca that there
are a lot of dive boats coming and going so you want to try to stay out
of folks way.
I no more than stuck my head in the water
when 'Dory', a Blue Tang, shows up.
"I dunno, maybe. Do I know you?"
Here is a grunt looking over a Coral and
a pair of Christmas Tree Featherduster worms.
This raggedy looking thing is a Scorpionfish.
Those are poisonous spines in the dorsal fin on it's back.
This Stoplight Parrot Fish was unable to
stop
all the dive boats from buzzing overhead.
What a noisy racket
Pretty tough to disturb a tranquil scene
like this for long.
Next is a blue headed Wrasse and a Balloonfish.
You can decide who is who.
When alarmed the Balloonfish will inflate
itself with water and become a spiny football.
(Aren't those eyes something?)
This next guy is farther away than it looks.
It is one of a pair, cruising by and about the size of a garbage can lid.
It's called a Permit and is supposed to
be pretty good eating.
While we are talking of 'good eating', here are the remains of a good
meal for someone.
Because of the orderliness of this stack of empty shells, I suspect
they were put on display here by a fairly intelligent creature . . . .
. . such as an Octopus.
I don't have my fish ID book at hand just now but I think this is a
Filefish or a Pipefish. They hide by hovering, on end, next to a finger
coral or the like.
Squirrlfish are usually kind of 'squirrly'
but this one seemed to just hang around and I got a few good looks at it.
This one is the better of the lot.
If that sponge was a catchers mit this pair
of Spotfin Butterflyfish would be right in the pocket.
Blue Angel has a string of little marker
buoys outside their swim area that's anchored in place by a huge
slab of concrete. Look at the little Drum I found dancing around under
it.
Here is Wrasse of some sort I can't identify.
I guess my last dive of the season should
end with a Stoplight Parrotfish.
