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Truk Lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia - January, 2010
This sailboat was moored off of the island of Weno inside of Truk Lagoon in the state of Chuuk which is part of the Federated States of Micronesia. I took it during a trip to dive the wrecks of Truk Lagoon in January, 2010. This is one of my favorite photographs and is one of the photographs I keep in my rotating wallpaper on my desktop.
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Bluebonnets in Texas
Just a few lonely bluebonnets in Texas. I took this seven years ago near Llano, Texas during a Jeep Jamboree.
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Arches National Park, Moab, UT
I took this photograph on a trip to Moab, UT in 2011. I think I took it because I just liked the look of the clouds.
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This is a female cardinal. In the wild, it is the males who are the more brilliantly colored. I took this picture at my parent’s house yesterday while we were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
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During a trip to Palau in 2010, we had the opportunity to dive the famous “Chandelier Cave”. The cave is actually three separate chambers before it dead ends. There are air pockets in the ceiling of each chamber. Once we reached the final chamber, our dive guide (the one in the red shorts) had us turn all our lights off. Without lights, it was quite easy to see the glow of the entrance and know which way was out. This picture is the entrance to the cave in 15 feet of water.
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The M/V Odyssey moored in Truk Lagoon waiting for its next group of divers to explore the wrecks of Operation Hailstorm.
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During a SCUBA trip to North Sulawesi, Indonesia a few years ago, we took a side trip to visit the Tangkoko Rainforest. Besides the crested black macaque, the other endemic species we came to see was the spectral tarsier. With their oversized eyes and ears, you can see why they are rumored to be the inspiration for Yoda.
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I caught this Painted Bunting a few years ago at my parents’ house.
Travel Log - Fiji - FINAL
Today we travel back to the U.S. We spent most of the day relaxing at a local hotel waiting for our flight later in the evening. The flight left Fiji at 9:30pm, then arrived back in Los Angeles at 3:30pm on the same day! You lose a day going, but get it back coming home. After another relatively short flight from Los Angeles back to DFW, we are now home.
As promised, I have now posted all my remaining photographs from this trip. Enjoy!
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Travel Log - Fiji - Day 9
Pygmy Seahorse
For our last day of diving, we headed back up to the northern part of the Bligh Water. There was plenty of strong currents today, but the reefs and pinnacles were still beautiful. The highlight of the day was two Pygmy Seahorses. Credit goes to our dive guides for finding and pointing them out to us. I would probably never have seen them on my own. These animals are tiny: about the size of your pinky fingernail. While trying to photograph this one, I looked away briefly to check my camera settings, and when I looked up I lost it. It took me several minutes of searching to find it again.
After our last dive, we cleaned up our gear and hung it out to dry. We then chilled for the rest of the evening and enjoyed a sunset cruise as the Nai’a sailed back west towards home port.
Tomorrow we head for home. Stay tuned for my final travel log which will include almost 100 more pictures of this trip…
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