| December 31, 1999 was a great day for diving in Monterey. We went to "Eric's Pinnacle Dammit,' where we had 90 foot visability (honest, we measured it). It was the first real dive with my digital still camera in Monterey (the first time out, almost everything that could go wrong did, which was great 'cause then I fixed it all). At left is a purple and white jelly that was cruising the pinnacle mid-dive. |
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Near the top of the pinnacle, at about thirty feet, a ling cod was hanging out, and posed cooperatively for the photo at the right. |
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Nudibranchs are one of the most photographed invertebrates in the Monterey Bay region. At left is a medium-sized Sea Lemon with its gills extended. At right is a Spanish Shawl; I don't know the name of the one at far right. |
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The place was crawling with decorator crabs. Normally, they aren't very photogenic, but the one at right had picked up a few colorful anemones. |
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A painted greenling hides among the anemones. |
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| The rockfish were pretty cooperative as well. I don't know the names for these (I'm sure I'll learn soon - nothing like having a photo to help learn the names of the fauna), but all were pretty easy shots. |
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