Close up of red and yellow painted anemone
Painted Anemones are some of the most beautiful creatures on dives in the PNW. They're so colorful and architectural, but often get overlooked because they're so common.
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Dorids come in so many shapes, sizes and colors. This Heath's Dorid (Geitodoris heathi) - I think - caught my eye because of it's incredible marbling!
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Hermit crab in a spiky orange shell on the sand.
We often see hermits in smooth shells, so this spiky one caught my eye!
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A tiny snail presumably eats algae off of the body of a Moon Snail.
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Lemon Nudibranch are pretty common in the Pacific Northwest, but can you spot what's a little harder to get a good shot of?
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Kelp Greenling babies about ready to hatch! A surprisingly young male viciously protected this clutch from harm.
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A Helmet Crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) tries to hide among the kelp despite its stunning coloring.
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It seemed to be surviving, even thrivin, quite well despite its scars.
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Little octopus with scars above its eyes
Did anyone else's January kick their ass? Seems that this poor octo really felt it too, with literal chunks of flesh missing.
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Green and gold Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker sitting on eelgrass with a green background
Green and gold Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker sitting on eelgrass with a green background. A snail sits to its right.
Green and gold Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker sitting on eelgrass with a green background. A snail sits to its right.
Green and gold Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker sitting on eelgrass with a green background
More sweet little Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker photos from a few weeks ago. 😍😍😍
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Eelgrass Isopod with 1 antenna on eelgrass, next to a smaller critter's butt, who has burrowed through a hole on the eelgrass
Close up of the critter's butt who is in a hole on the eelgrass
Close up of eelgrass isopod with one antenna
More fun macro phptography finds! This Eelgrass Isopod (Pentidotea resecata) only has one antenna! Also, can you spot the tiny butt of perhaps an even smaller Isopod?
There isn't much documentation on the Eelgrass Isopod, but they are are to find and hard as hell to photograph!
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Oooh cool! Ill try to get a better photo! Thank you!!!
A diamondback tritonia nudibranch on sand
Zoom in to the left rhinophore of the diamondback tritonia to barely see a white, clear copepod with red eyes
Zoom even more in to the left rhinophore of the diamondback tritonia to barely see a white, clear copepod with red eyes
Nudibranch like this Diamondback Tritonia are already pretty small, but look closer. Do you see the even tinier critters in this photo? Scroll for Copepods (I think).
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A black eyed hermit crab on sand
The eyes of a maroon stubby squid who has burried itself into the sand
The only photos worthy of a post from the Junkyard night dive the other day!
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A green Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker sits on a blade of eel grass
A Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker with its mouth open on a blade of eel grass
Rang in the new year with a nice stroll in the eel grass at Junkyard. This sweet little (big) lumpy was very patient woth us. More pics to come!
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Thank you!
Thank you! Yeah, its patterning is stunning!
Yellow and blue fish with white spots in front of huge barrel sponges
The only wide angle shot I took during the Banda Sea Liveaboard was of this adult Midnight Snapper (Macolor macularis) at around 25m, while in search of Hammerheads.
Midnight Snapper have distincly different looks at its life phases. I can't wait to go back and look for the juvy!
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Crab strikes a post by framing its eye with its claw
White and red spotted crab deep in the coral
Red and white spooted crab deep in the coral
'Vogue' It's amazing how much lives in the reef if you look hard enough! The Rust-Colored Guard Crab (Trapezia rufopunctata) has a symbiotic relationship with its coral home - it feeds on coral polyps while depending it from Crown of Thorns or other coral-killing critters.
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Woah!
Close up of the tentacles of a orange sun star with blue stripes down its legs
Close up of the tentacles of a orange sun star with blue stripes down its legs
An orange sun star with blue stripes down its 10 legs
The Striped Sun Star (Solaster stimpsoni) is another PNW native that typically has 10 arms and feeds on sea cucumbers and sea pens. It is commonly eaten by its cousin the Morning Sea Star (Solaster dawsoni). How rude!
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I want to go to Cape Town so bad!
Sameee!
Same! 👽👽👽
Agreed! The ocean is so weird and wonderful!
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! 🥰🥰🥰
Hooded nudi hanging upside down on seagrass
Hooded nudi right side up on a piece of seagrass
Back to the Pacific Northwest, where a single Hooded Nudibranch swings in the surge on a piece of sea grass.
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It was shy!
