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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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Dec 24, 09     Comments Off
Fallen Pillar Corals

Fallen Pillar Corals

 
Hi all, we just got home from watching a great movie called Avatar in 3-D!!  It was non-stop excitement from start to finish!  I swear every movie is getting better and better, the special effects in this are out of this world, no pun intended, you guys have to see it!! 
 
I was just sitting here thinking that tomorrow is Christmas, it just doesn’t seem like it.  We are going to a fun employee party tonight at 7:30 and then unfortunately I have to work tomorrow while Aimee gets to stay home.  I went over to a friends this morning and installed a driftwood towel hanger that I made for her, it looked pretty good once it was up.  Also the driftwood box that I have been working on so much will finally be going to it’s new home as well some time next week, will take some photos before it goes.
 
Here’s a very interesting photo, this is a large colony of Pillar Coral that I assume was knocked over by the monster waves from hurricane Omar last year as it passed thru.  Those waves were so big that pretty much anything in 20 feet of water was destroyed or re-located.  This beautiful colony of Pillar Coral is supposed to be standing straight up but has fallen over but is still very much alive!!  Many corals can be placed back in their upright positions but this one was just too big and heavy!!  So what’s going to happen to it now??  Well if you look closely you can see lumps starting to form.  Each lump will eventually grow into a pillar of it’s own and the base should once again fuse itself to the ocean floor creating an even stronger foot or hold for the next storm.  I found this specimen at San Juan and like a few of the other shots I took I want to return in a years time to see the progress.
 
I guess that’s it, have a great Christmas eve and super fun day tomorrow!!  Merry Christmas all thanks for another great year!!  I’ll be back tomorrow, best wishes, Barry, Aimee, Inca, Indi and yes the cat!

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