This is a photo diaries meant only as a brief respite from the ugliness of the day and as a reminder that we share this fragile planet with all manner of amazing creatures. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
The Waianae Coast
Welcome to another one of these photo diaries meant as a brief respite from the stuggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with all manner of wonderful critters...
Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe
...and the occasional beautiful human-created space.
(this is an infrared-HDR photo)
Good evening. It is time for another one of these photo diaries provided only as a brief respite from the struggles of the day and as a brief reminder that we share this planet with all manner of amazing critters. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Molokai Dawn
This is another one of these photo diaries meant as a small refuge from the strugggles of the day and as a brief reminder that we share this planet with all manner of amazing critters. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Sea Star Shrimp Periclimenes soror on a Cushion Star Culcita novaguineae
When you turn over these echinoderms you often find these tiny crustaceans. Their color varies to match their host.
This is another one of these photo diaries meant to provide a brief respite from Tea Party insanity and Meta Madness and as a reminder that we share this planet with a wide variety of amazing critters. These photos with a couple of exceptions were taken this past weekend. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
He'eia
Windward Oahu.
This is another in a series of photo diaries intended as a brief respite from the struggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with an amazing variety of critters. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Spotted Eagle Ray
This is a case of trying to salvage a low-contrast technically flawed photo using some software tools to give a different look. Maybe not entirely successful but better than the original.
This is another photo diary meant to provide a brief respite from the stuggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with all matter of amazing critters. These photos were taken this past weekend, including sunrise at Lanai Lookout at the eastern end of Oahu and during four dives on the west side of the island. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
Pre-Dawn
This is another of these diaries meant as a respite from the stuggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this planet with a huge variety of incredible creatures. Remember we are all related.
These photos were taken during four dives this past weekend on the north shore of Oahu in Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Rain Over the Mokuluas
Lately, I`ve been not so enthused about the progress in the gulf.
I see the ramping up of activism in diaries with multiple posters, that, great unto themselves, the collective impact is much more than the sum of it`s parts.
Here are a few links.
http://www.dailykos.com/... - 295Drill,BP,-DrillBPs-Gulf-Catastrophe
OCTOPUSES GARDEN
It`s Friday again, time to temper my anger with a sharing of some of my images from my reef tanks.
You may have noticed that my images are often of a same specimen.
I liken that to taking more than one picture of your cat, dog, bird, lizard or child.
Every image is a close encounter with what one loves doing with the loved ones one does it with.
HAWKFISH
Being Friday again, I`m here to try & keep the gulf coast on the minds of as many people as possible.
Lately I feel that the media is trying to give the gulf, the bum`s rush. We keep hearing about wrapping up the booming under the guise that booms do deteriorate. I can`t argue that, but let`s have new booms available & on hand, since this is hurricane season.
I will not be sold on wrapping up the gulf cleanup till they at least plug the well permanently, & keep monitoring the gulf for the next few years.
Twilight of the Gods
(Shot at a friend`s outdoor tank around the corner)
I`m a day late this week, in posting reminders of what kind of life we stand to lose due to the oil gusher in the gulf.
I know it is presently capped, albeit temporarily, but I worry about the situation going south fast.
I feel that the decisions that were made in the last few weeks, are to hide to the public, the fact that they (BP) are not very confident they can stop this disaster, even with the relief wells so near completion.
But I post these images in hopes that people will never forget this disaster, man made, I should add, & never allow it to happen again.
It seems like greed has taken over, regardless of the consequences to the livelihood of humans, & the lives of all the defenseless animals above & below the surface.
CORA BANDED SHRIMP
I`m back with more underwater images in support of the gulf coast, it`s inhabitants above & below the surface, & to all who`ve worked so hard to keep the daily developments on the front pages.
I would like to also mention a big “Thank You” to all the workers out on all the skimming boats, the oil retrieval crews on the beaches, & the crews out working on the rigs, tankers & the ROV operators who have worked nonstop to end this gusher.
I cannot blame them for the bad decisions of their managers.
Now that the gusher is stopped albeit temporarily, I think we can have a little breather.
Then we`ll have to get back to keeping this catastrophe at the top of the news, since we all know how the style of news cycles here can rapidly shift away the important issues to iPhones & Lohans.
PURPLE CONTORTIONIST
(An Anemone)
There has been a lot of news about the devastation that the oil gusher is having and will have on the marine life of the Gulf of Mexico. The face of that devastation takes the form of oil soaked birds and the bodies of dolphins and turtles. There is also a commonly repeated statement that the real damage will be invisible, billions upon billions of larval fishes and other micro-organisms that will perish in the water column when oil passes through it. This carnage has no face. Below I will talk a bit about the diversity of life in the Gulf and show some photos of local denizens that I took yesterday.
Here I am once again & as promised I will only post images of life that is not visible from the surface.
Many people tend to think that life in our oceans consists mostly of fish, crabs, shrimp, & shellfish, like oysters, scallops clams & snails, plus mammals like dolphins, whales, & I have to also mention turtles, the darlings of the gulf.
What many don`t realize is that the above mentioned species make up a small fraction of the biodiversity of the oceans.
Aloha! This is another in a series of diaries meant to provide a brief respite from the struggles of the day and you remind you landlubbers out there that we share this planet with some amazing creatures. I really hope you enjoy your visit here this evening.
After Sunset
Aloha and welcome to another one of these (mostly) underwater photo diaries. This diary is meant as a brief respite from the struggles of the day and as a reminder that we share this damaged planet with some amazing and beautiful creatures.
I will structure this diary roughly from the simplest to the most complex creatures that I photographed over the weekend. Of course we have all be evolving exactly the same length of time so let's have some humility.
Tiger or Divided Flatworm
We will pass over the cnidarians (jellys, hydroids and corals) that often appear as supporting characters and start with a flatworm. This brightly colored critter contains tetrodotoxin, the same poison found in pufferfish. Don't eat it.
This is another one of these things wherein I show you some critters that I have photographed under the waves off the island of Oahu. It is meant to remind you that we share this planet with some amazing creatures, even some that are not covered in oil and dying. It has been a while since I have posted because I am been buried at work this week. I hope you enjoy this little respite from the stuggles of the day.
Sunset
I'm trying to do some diaries that highlight the species of marine and coastal life in the Gulf of Mexico. I think it's important to always remember what's at stake when we mess with nature.
Please keep our mothership afloat and recommend here
Information from The American Cetacean Society
The sperm whale is the largest odontocete, or toothed whale. It has been portrayed frequently in art and literature as a symbol of the great whales, and is best known as the leviathan Moby Dick in Melville's novel by that name. Unique in appearance, the sperm whale seems to have social characteristics that, to date, also appear to be unique among whales. Sperm whales are among the deepest diving cetaceans, and are found in all oceans of the world. Females and their young travel in permanent units, whereas the much larger males rove between breeding and feeding grounds, as well as among groups of females when breeding.
Stop BP from destroying the marine life evidence.
Why is BP allowed to control the media take on marine life or the DEATH of marine life washing up on the Gulf Coast shores?
The dead marine animals washing up on the Gulf Shores are picked up FASTER than any BOOM or oil by BP!! And that alone is a DAMN SHAME.
Question: Why is that?
Don't you get that the evidence of marine life killed is just as important to removing the oil period? Let alone, HELPS YOUR CASE AGAINST BP for the Gulf Coast.
