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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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Sep 21, 09     Comments Off
Lettuce Sea Slug

Lettuce Sea Slug

Hey gang, I found this really beautiful ultra blue Lettuce Sea Slug the other day and thought it would be perfect for a daily photo.  These blue ones are very hard to find and this may be the most colorful one I have ever found.  These slugs are only around two inches in length and are not poisonous at all.  They can be found just about everywhere on the reef during the day or at night but seem to like the shallows the best.  The ones we have all over the aquarium are white or green, I once saw a purple one but didn’t have a camera.  It’s easy to see how they get their name, it really does look like a pile of blue lettuce! 
 
After work today Aimee and I raced to Saint Joris with the dogs!  I tell you it was great to not see that giant pile of trash that was at the waters edge for once, it was all cleaned up and taken away!!  We had a very short but fun walk, it’s getting dark here now close to 6:30 making our evenings now very short.
 
We had a very rough ocean today!!  Big waves smashed the coast all day and high wind, there would have been no way you could have dove here today!!  It’s off to bed, see you tomorrow, Barry
21-9-2009

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