Sunday, December 18, 2005

Sunday Diver

Thanks to Diane, Kate, Lendell, Marcella, and Robin for another great dive at Sandy Bottom. This place just keeps getting better all the time.

The find-de-jour was an Ornate Ghost Pipefish that Lendell found at about 14M. Of the two other Ornate Pipefish I have photographed in Timor (see photo from November), both seemed to have claimed a territory, and were found in the same locations on our return visits. Although it's possible today's Ornate Pipefish had simply wondered away from a nearby crinoid or some other small coral, it appeared to be drifting along in the current, possibly looking for that perfect place to call home.