Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Jumary is driving this morning

Leaving - the Bintan Agro Beach area

Another view

A morning fisherman

Two fishing boats

Passing fishing boats

Another fishing boat

Building a kelong that is in water during low tide. This is unusual because it is built from concrete - the first that I have seen like this

Another view

Another view

Looking south

Passing a big rock as we near Mapur Island

A fisherman

A closer view

Two fishing somethings

This small island is across where where we snorkel

Where we snorkel

Here you can see the patches of sand between coral colonies

The Mapur F1 race (this was the day before the Singapore F1. Here drivers are testing their skill with fishing boats

Carrying the Indonesian flag

Looking into the water. You can see the many colors of the coral. The depth of the coral is 2 - 5 meters. Perfect for natural light photography

Here is what it looks like at 1 - 2 m under water. Table coral and a sea urchin

I don't know what this is so I call it polygon coral because each shape is that of a polygon. Do these little guys know geometry?

The is Evi. Evi manages the reservations and here she is looking for ways to help people with the details of registration so that their stay at Bintan Agro Beach Resort will be perfect

Staghorn coral and some fish

Looking foward - what a seascape

Aznon - like Evi, to make sure my snorkel time is perfect

Jumary - he is perfect :)

More of Aznon - as much of a clown as the nemo fish

Aznon, the clown

This is actually Aznon and Jumary in disguise

This is Lina in disguise - short and quiet.

This is Lina and Florence in disguise - almost always together

A coral fish - this is Irawan in disguise - as he is the big boss

Actually here is Irawan and Ari (the biggest boss) - inspecting the coral to make sure all is ok. Like Evi, looking over all the details to make sure things are perfect.

Lina and Florence hiding from the world among the tentacles of an anemone.

Lina playing peek-a-boo from behind the anemone tentacles

A table coral

Giant clam - these guys are really large - perhaps 20 cm in length

A closer view. There is some sort of orifice - perhaps a gill? - to the right and some sort of organ on the left

even closer

In this closeup, I suspect the central region is some sort of organ, and not just decoration

And the other side and what appear to be some sort of organ - hmm look at the next image

This is a different clam but the region to the right is open here as if it is an entrance for food processing? Compare with the above image

Close view of the orifice

Another giant clam with some sort of fuzzy stuff.

A closer look

Blue giant clam

Blue clam

A closer look

Another giant clam - sort of greenish

The pattern - maze like, was interesting. Does the pattern have any meaning

A closed anemone

Looks like he/she is just taking a rest

ANd playing peek-a-boo

Some sort of brain coral?

Similar structure

Staghorn coral

This little clam is growing inside this coral structure. The coral structure appears to be developing around the clam. It opens and closes its shell as I move around - so it is quite alive

These tan towers are quite interesting

A purple table coral

The blue-ish hairs must have a purpose.

Here is Jumary - clowning around

And Aznon - picking up a sea urchin

Oops - lost it

Oops - found it

And here it is

The handoff to Jumary

But he is not so sure he wants this - so handoff back to Aznon

Here the sea urching seems to just floating over his hand

Interesting green stag horn coral

Closer view

Some sort of pink coral

A closer look

More staghorn coral

A forest of sprouts

A blanket of something

A big maze

Another contracted anemone

Another view

A close look at the strands

A maze coral

Many fish

Coral fish

What I call polygon oral

white bottom fish

Sea cucumber

Aznon - above water

And Jumary

Looking at the clouds just before we leave

Jumary

And the little island

C. Frank Starmer

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