Poopie End Of The Stick

[MaxBottomtime]

During our Sunday dives Kevin Lee found some nudibranch eggs that we could not identify. Kevin asked some experts and still had no answer. Merry and I rushed to Garden Spot this morning hoping to get some decent photos of the eggs. They were no longer there. Either they all hatched in the 44 hours since we were there or were gobbled up.

We headed to Golf Ball Reef for a second dive but stopped to visit with Jim Lyle and Margaret Webb on the Popeye Maru. Margaret had seen a juvenile Gray whale not only once, but twice on the same dive at GBR a couple of years ago. Today Jim saw a juvenile Humpback near the Landing Craft. We need to rub some of the Popeye Maru's luck onto No Pressure.

Conditions were much better topside today than Sunday. Visibility was just slightly better.

Nice surface at Garden Spot

Lucky Margaret

Jim's Baby

Hanging by a thread

 

[RyanT]

Thanks Max, this makes me happy!

 

[RyanT]

I am a professional scientist and unfortunately, even in the professional sciences, a lot of basic natural history is going away. It just doesn't seem to be considered as important anymore. That is actually quite sad, and I think, wrong-headed. These days many amateur naturalist seem to be better in the field than many professional scientists. Max, your knowledge of nudibranchs seems to be a great example of this. Keep up the good work and thank you for making our world richer!

 

[BenjaminF]

Amazing photos!

 

[Altamira]

Outstanding photos as usual. Thank you.

 

[flyboy08]

neat stuff! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Ghetto Diver]

Ok...I clicked on this thread with train wreck like curiosity...

Now I feel better about myself.
Nice pics, thx for sharing