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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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Juvenile Cleaning Goby Perched on Maze Coral
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Aug 22, 10     Comments Off

Good morning friends, sorry about the morning mail again, I just can’t seem to get these out in the evening lately, there’s just too much to do.  Yesterday we all had to go into work as we had a family of four wanting to take a tour in the sub and Saturday was the only day they could do it.  We ended up not leaving till 1:00 but after I got my dive gear ready and met some friends again at Vaersenbaai for an afternoon dive.  The downside was, it was the worst visibility I have ever seen in Curacao but who cares when you have a macro lens in your hands.  I found tiny creature after tiny creature and kept busy the whole dive and for once I felt like I brought the right lens.  I found this juvenile Cleaning Goby perched high on top of a blade of Maze Coral and was shocked at how brave he was.  This little guy was only around 1/4th of an inch in length.  I laid on the sand and moved in as close as I could and he never moved, he just sat there watching wondering what was going on.  I am not real sure what kind of Goby this is, it’s not a Sharknose for sure and even the Cleaning goby has a Sharknose type face as well, let me know if you have any ideas.
 
This morning I am taking the dogs for a long overdo walk at Saint Joris so I better get moving, talk to you again soon, Barry

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