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jenazah:
Actually, Dr. Stryker, you've stumbled onto the true cause of the reported negative visibility. Scottfiji's reflective silicaceous secretions respond to severe surge with a most remarkable phenomenon: Intermittent matrix allignment. As the surge compresses the silica particles, they actually allign their reflective surfaces and bounce all ambient light back at you...and even beyond you up to the reported 10 feet. If you can, spin rapidly with the surge to see what would have been in front of you. What Scottfiji calls vertigo, is actually your brain's feeble attempt to decode this image parallax. With practice, I've heard that divers can learn to see actual reef structure and organisms. If you start training hard, now, you may "see" more within a few weeks...or months.Stryker:Am I the only one who noticed the surge was 4-6 feet? damn that would be a crazy time trying to stay off the reef..
Ah, a glitch in the matrix. Should have known.HBDiveGirl:
I think THIS IS what I saw on my last dive with Ross-O....he and Scott kept trying to tell me it was a pipe I swam through....but you somehow discovered my true location! Thanks for the documentation...I think I'll print it and add it to my dive log!MaxBottomtime:Ah, a glitch in the matrix. Should have known.
I hope he took you to the good pipes. We dived three pipes in an arrow formation that were covered by metridiums and large sculpins. A few weeks ago we found some more that were in line and not much life. Of course, with the five feet vis you had you could have been diving on the White Point outfall pipe and never knew the difference.HBDiveGirl:
Viz was only 2 - 4 feet most of the time, but the 3 foot tall Metridiums and the 2.5 foot long cabezon had my FULL attention. NO-ONE told me big Metridiums were THAT gorgeous. Ross thinks we went through an oddly configured junction pipe rather than a normal straight one. I thought it was just vertical debris packed with beautiful life...the "structure" disappeared upwards into the murk. Great site!!! Ross keeps saying, "wait until you see this stuff with great viz...oh, man!" I'm having an awfully good time until then...wow, indeed. Have fun this weekend!MaxBottomtime:I hope he took you to the good pipes. We dived three pipes in an arrow formation that were covered by metridiums and large sculpins. A few weeks ago we found some more that were in line and not much life. Of course, with the five feet vis you had you could have been diving on the White Point outfall pipe and never knew the difference.
