Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


August 1, 2009: Revisting Mapur Island: Recovery from coral bleaching

My friends at Sea Sport - Florence and Lina

aug 01 0003 florence lina

Florence and me

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Lina and me

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The water temp at Mapur was 29.1C today - 2 degrees cooler than a month ago. Much of the bleaching has been reversed and there is much new growth. Found lots of giant clams this time

Here is a garden - with lots of little blue fish, coral and colors

aug 01 0020 fish coral

A purple coral

aug 01 0026 colors

Diving to take a closer look

aug 01 0027 brown blue

Brown stag horn coral

aug 01 0047 acropora forest

Many colors of acropora and Pachyseris speciosa (lower left)

aug 01 0048 colorful forest

I like to take a dive and then shoot across the tops of the coral - sometimes there are a few fish - other times, just silt, but usually interesting photos.

aug 01 0050 tables

Many small blue fish. Not great focus but you get the idea

aug 01 0063 many blue fish

Shooting across acropora

aug 01 0081 big table

Almost a sphere

aug 01 0092 sphere coral

A feather worm, retracted. You can see the tips of the feathers

aug 01 0103 retracted feather worm

Partially extension of the feathers

aug 01 0104 opening feather worm

Fully extended feathers

aug 01 0108 open feather worm

Looking across the top of this cone-like coral. A small acropora colony

aug 01 0146 cone coral

Brownish giant clam

aug 01 0147 giant clam

Same calm with the musculature retracted, exposing the white shell

aug 01 0148 giant clam closed

Another view

aug 01 0157 giant clam

The color purple - Pachyseris speciosa

aug 01 0158 purple coral

Coral fish doing their thing

aug 01 0166 coral fish

More coral fish

aug 01 0167 coral fish

I need to identify this class of coral. I see them everywhere but somehow forget to identify them

aug 01 0172 coral

Unknown + Acropora

aug 01 0173 table coral

Acropora

aug 01 0174 acropora

These little guys are quite colorful

aug 01 0181 blue yellow fish

I think this is a tiger rock fish

aug 01 0182 rock fish

Forest of Acropora

aug 01 0185 acropora forest

Acropora and fish

aug 01 0187 acropora fish

MOre different varieties of fish

aug 01 0201 fish

Rainbow colors

aug 01 0202 acropora colors

A purple blob

aug 01 0204 purple

Shooting across the Acropora

aug 01 0208 acropora fish

Another view

aug 01 0210 acropora fish

Purple Pachyseris speciosa

aug 01 0221 purple

Aqua giant clam

aug 01 0233 blur giant clam

Green stuff

aug 01 0242 green something

Brain-like coral

aug 01 0259 brain like

Shades of green

aug 01 0261 green coral

Blue and brown

aug 01 0264 blue white pattern

Sort of olive giant clam

aug 01 0280 green giant clam

Black giant clam

aug 01 0285 black giant clam

A colorful giant clam

aug 01 0317 green giant clam

Soft colorful corals

aug 01 0320 colors

Sea urchin and staghorn coral

aug 01 0323 coral

Close view of something

aug 01 0325 new coral

Close view of a different something

aug 01 0326 new coral

Acropora

aug 01 0327 acropora

My favorite - shooting across acropora

aug 01 0329 acropora table

Green giant clam

aug 01 0338 green giant clam

White coral

aug 01 0339 white coral

Something interesting

aug 01 0344 brain like

Green giant clam with blue spots

aug 01 0348 blue giant clam

Jumari

aug 01 0355 jumari

A fishing boat

aug 01 0363 fishing boat

From the side

aug 01 0364 fishing boat

Jumari's tongue

aug 01 0369 jumari tongue

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C. Frank Starmer

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