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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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Glowing Red Barrel Cactus in Curacao
Desert Cactus
May 29, 09     Comments Off
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Good evening all, I just realized we have our dolphin fans, our bird lovers, and of course the underwater fanatics and now I have a big group of folks that just seem to love these cactus, so here’s another.  Aimee found this one a few weeks ago, it is by far the most colorful one we have ever seen!!  The night we found this we must have already looked at well over 500 cactus!   When I heard Aimee yell for me to come over and check this one out I knew she had found a winner but never dreamed they can get this red!  You know I have hiked all over the western States and never remember seeing barrel cacti with such red spines, but maybe I just wasn’t looking back then?  You can see our grass is all drying up here now as well as the rest of the vegetation, summer is on the way.  I still have a flower and fruit photo to show you as well from these, that will be on it’s way to you soon. 
 
I just took a break and took the dogs to Saint Joris for their evening walk.  To my horror I found the beaches to the west covered in uncooked chicken parts!!  Yes some idiots dumped loads of expired chicken in the bay!  So local dog walkers be warned, you sure don’t want them eating this stuff!  The smell was awful! 
 
That’s it in a nutshell, I worked all day so not much else going on.  See you tomorrow, Barry
 05-29-2009

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