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Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last seven years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Focusing on the island's coral reefs, he has worked hand-in-hand with several businesses and environmental groups, including SECORE, a marine conservation organization based in the Netherlands. His image of a research submersible was recently featured on the cover of DIVER magazine.

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Curacao Diver with a Orange Elephant Ear Sponge
Sponges
May 16, 09     Comments Off
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Good evening from Curacao!  I started the day off with another “deep dive” in search of more fun sponges.  I was joined by my friend and co-worker Candy (seen here) as a dive buddy and a model, two for the price of one!  We had a great time down there kind of just moving from one sponge to the next, will send you more examples in the next few days.  These are one of the most beautiful sponges anywhere and are called Orange Elephant Ear Sponges.  This was taken at 100 feet and unfortunately at this depth we could only hang out and look around for a few minutes, it’s just amazing how fast your time passes down there!  Candy is a Dive Master and Instructor so to say I was in good hands was an understatement, she is as good as they get!  After shooting this we headed up to safer depths.  We then stopped at around 30 feet for more photos near a big sunken propeller where to my disbelief Candy found a big red seahorse!  Unfortunately I had the wrong lens so no seahorse photos for you but may go back tomorrow morning for another quick look.  The visibility was close to 100 feet today, it was just a perfect morning for a dive.
 
I worked the rest of the day and am now ready to call it a day.  Many thanks for all the great notes, we always want to hear from you!  Sunny regards, Barry
05-16-2009

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