Part of the landscape which makes the shallows at Wing so cool!
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This interesting small cave in the cliff is only about 10 feet deep. The 2 skylights make it awesome.
There was a significant amount of surge this day, which made staying stationary for some of these shallow shots a bit of a challenge.
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Wonder what Rose is bringing?
Oh, a cool nudibranch! Thuridilla carlsoni, I think.
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This gives a better idea the size of the nudibranch (or, for anyone who is a nudie expert, the size of Rose's hand). I'm not sure how you find all this stuff, Rose!
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Lionfish (Pterois volitans).
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Foreground is same lionfish as in the last shot. In the background is a Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata).
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Yahoo!
This little Periclimenes shrimp (Periclimenes soror) basically sees the surface of this cushion star as his entire world.
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Another Periclimenes shrimp.
And here is the STAR of our dive!
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