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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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Mar 10, 10     Comments Off
School of Goatfish

School of Goatfish

Good evening friends, I have to be quick this evening as Aimee and I are headed out for a fun night dive at the Superior Producer.  But this time instead of diving on the ship we are going to just explore the reef something none of us have ever done.  We are meeting our friend Marco there at 7:30 tonight, that’s just and hour and a half away.
 
Here’s another great Bonaire reef scene from Leonora’s reef on Klein Bonaire.  This was a photo I almost missed.  We were all on our way back and I was watching something out in deeper water and this coral head you see here was to my left.  When I looked at this mountain of coral as I passed there where no fish and nothing stood out so I kept going.  Well moments after passing I found a trumpetfish shadowing a parrotfish and joined in the pursuit.  Well wouldn’t you know it I ended up going right back to the same coral head I had just passed but this time there was a beautiful school of Goatfish all stacked on top of each other hiding from all the divers on the other side, I would have missed it for sure if I would have kept going.  These Goatfish spend most of the day digging in the sand for food and when in resting mode gather together in schools like this.
 
I need to get going, have to load the car and grab some food.  See you tomorrow, Barry
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