(Underwater photo of a yellow moray eel surrounded by several types of shrimp.) I got down near the sandy bottom to approach the coral head, then looked up into a crevice in the rock. Inside, a yellow moray eel was watching me. The many different types of shrimp around seemed to have eyes only for the eel.
Mar 15, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: bottom, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, Bunaken Park, camel, camel shrimp, candy, candy shrimp, crevice, dancing, dancing shrimp, dive, diving, eel, hole, Indonesia, moray, moray eel, North Sulawesi, rock, sand, scuba, scuba diving, shrimp, Sulawesi, u/w, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
(Mimic Octopus photos) During the week we were in Lembeh, I learned to spot the mimic octopus. What probably surprised me most about the mimic was its diminutive size; in life, this octopus is only about the size of an adult male’s hand — not at all the size that a Caribbean diver might assume from the photos we all have seen.
Feb 24, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: bottom, diminutive, diver, diving, hand, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Strait, mimic, mimic octopus, North Sulawesi, octopus, sand, scuba, scuba diver, small, Sulawesi, u/w, Underwater | 1 Comment »
(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 »
