Category: environment
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The Year of the Whale
2009 turned out to be The Year of the Whale. In March, for the first time I listened to whales singing underwater while I dove. I watched them spouting, and breaching, and diving quite a bit during boat rides in March and December. Last year I went to Point Reyes for the first time where…
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Volcanic Reds, Oranges & Blacks
Kilauea sends lava down to the sea near Kalapana Traversing the lava fields at night is a downhill hike with flashlights And, on the way, the sky is lit up in oranges and reds and bright yellows
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Descending and Ascending
I was just thinking about the deep blue color of the ocean water. So, here are some photos from a recent trip showing other divers descending into, and ascending from, the blue ocean. Sometimes we come across another group from our boat at the end of a dive
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Hau’oli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year)
Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate with some turtle pictures from Punalu’u Beach in Hawaii. Really? People bring balloons to a beach where turtles are known to live, and then leave them on the ground where the turtles could eat them?!
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California Natives
After a trip to the coast for some nice sea air and some lunch outside overlooking the ocean, we stopped at a native plant nursery up in the mountains. We took the scenic route on a winding road through redwoods. Leaving the front yard water off for three months this summer showed us which plants…
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Swirling Schools Video
Video taken on the dive that inspired the “Swirling Schools” necklace and earring designs.
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Sea Lions Frolicking
We had hoped to be able to see some Sea Lions on the trip to the Loreto National Marine Park in the Sea of Cortez, because we knew they liked to hang out there at least part of the year. Our dive guide, Rafael from the Dolphin Dive Center gave us the opportunity to watch…
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Dolphins As Far As the Eyes Could See
The boat ride with the bottlenose dolphins was great. The very next day, on our boat ride out to the dive sites, we saw this ~ 200 member pod of common dolphins. If I turned my head to the left and looked I could see dolphins, and if I turned my head all the way…
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Experiences = Inspiration
Recently I was down in Baja California Sur, Mexico doing a little SCUBA diving. Loreto National Marine Park was chosen for all the endemic species I’d yet to see. The underwater and above ground park sure impressed! I’m glad I took a sketch pad, because I drew some new earrings that I hope to create…