(Photos of Peacock Mantis Shrimp.) There are several types of mantis shrimp in the Lembeh Strait, and most are easy to see and not easily intimidated by divers. The so-called “peacock” or “harlequin” mantis shrimp is beautifully colored in brilliant blues, green, red, and orange.
Feb 15, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: bottom, burrow, crustacean, dive, diving, eye, eye stalks, eyes, harlequin, harlequin mantis shrimp, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Strait, mantis, mantis shrimp, North Sulawesi, peacock, peacock mantis shrimp, sand, sandy bottom, scuba, shrimp, stomatopod, stomatopods, Sulawesi, u/w, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
(Two photos of common seahorses) Seahorses are pretty common in the Lembeh Strait. They are often seen just out on the sandy bottom, with nothing nearby to which they might plausibly attach.
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: bottom, common seahorse, dive, diving, floor, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, ocean, sand, scuba, sea, sea floor, sea horse, seahorse, sponge, Sulawesi, tube sponge, u/w, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
Close-up photos of a tiny blue-ringed octopus in the Lembeh Strait, together with the story of how our guide found it: My guide extended his (bare) finger and gently tapped on a small protuberance on the rock below us. The thing was no bigger than my thumb.
Feb 08, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: blue, blue ring, blue ring octopus, blue rings, blue-ringed, blue-ringed octopus, dive, diving, Indonesia, Lembeh, North Sulawesi, octopus, ring, scuba, scuba diving, Sulawesi, the Lembeh Strait, u/w, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
Underwater photo of a pink anemonefish in a purple anemone. The pink anemonefish is probably my favorite, and I haven’t before seen one in a bright purple anemone.
Feb 04, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: anemone, anemonefish, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, Bunaken Park, clownfish, dive, diving, fish, Indonesia, North Sulawesi, pink, pink anemonefish, purple, scuba, scuba dive, Siladen, Siladen Island, Sulawesi, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
(Three underwater photos of the stargazer, an ambush predator fish that buries itself in the sand at night, waiting to ambush small fish swimming past.) The story of finding and feeding a stargazer on a night dive.
Feb 02, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: bottom, death mask, diving, face, feeding, fish, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Resort, Lembeh Strait, mask, night, night dive, North Sulawesi, predator, sand, sandy bottom, scuba, scuba diving, star gazer, stargazer, Sulawesi, ugly, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
Page 2 of 6«12345...»Last »
