It's a funny thing; during this particular dive on the Atlantida reef, it rained and I didn't have a clue until I came ashore and found my street clothes wet. At home I'm something of a scavenger and enjoyed finding that come-along earlier. On this dive I happened to find a shackle on the end of a large chain. The shackle's pin was rusted solid so I left it for later.
That huge school of fish were back, but kind of stand-offish. I spotted a small Barracuda later that was probably keeping them at a distance.
In a formation like that they tend to navigate like a cloud in the sky. I got to watch them make an abrupt 'about-face' and it was done as a ripple from one end of the swarm to the other. Here is the ripple as it passed through the school.
Parrot fish usually eat live coral but this blue one seems to be finding something else it likes.
Here are some other residents on smorgasbord reef.
Then I looked down and saw these sun glass frames. I thought I'd just pick them up but they had been jammed into this fencing and then the fencing was rolled up tight by the storm seas of Wilma. It must have taken me over a hundred breaths to tease them out of that tangle without breaking them. Stylish, yes?
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I should have tagged this next spot so I can come back next year and see what this new growth turns into.
A page or two back you saw a Trumpet fish who was interested in their reflection in the camera lens. This looks like love.
This guy is shaped like a Wrasse but not as colorful as the one following.
Here is a Yellow Ray sheltered under a ledge. Because I'm taking these pix from video I can choose just the right moment to grab the frame. This guy is just raising it's wig tips for the downbeat to dart away in a blur.
Be careful for what you pray for. This big old Trunk fish may be the reincarnation of someone who wished they had a flat stomach. Note they're looking down with one eye and behind with the other.
As I was getting towards the end of this tank of air I went back to that shackel, found a piece of rebar nearby and used it to unscrew the pin. Once the pin was forced out it went back in easy as pie. That thing was so heavy I had to almost completely inflate my vest to stay off the bottom returning to shore.
Here is a sunset following a thunder storm.
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