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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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May 30, 10     Comments Off

Red Seahorse

Hello Sunday readers, I would love to know what everyone is out doing on this wonderful day, please drop us a line and let us know.  I left the house at 7:00 on my bike and didn’t get home till 10:30, that was a long ride!  I first rode to the North coast and then over to Saint Joris where I met some friends and finally got to show off the new trail, it was really fun.  For now the only way folks will find this trail is by word of mouth as the entrance and exit are very well hidden.  It was a beautiful morning for riding, we again had no wind and on a bike that’s good news!  I rode up some long hills today very fast and they normally are very difficult.  When I finally did get home I just put the bike on the back of the car, loaded two waiting dogs and took them for another bike ride to a small beach for a morning swim.  When we got to the beach I was still super dirty from the ride and just dove into the ocean with the dogs to clean off and be refreshed, man-o-man did that ever feel great!  I swam pretty far out as the ocean was still dead calm and the dogs followed, both are great swimmers!  So now I am back home and worn out, my legs are very tired and I have a small headache.  Aimee and I are going to the movies at 6:00 to see the new Shrek and fill up on popcorn!
 
Here’s my very hidden seahorse from yesterday’s dive.  What I like about this photo the most is, look at the gorgonian he is holding onto, the polyps are all closed where his tail is attached.  Gorgonians are soft coral or live animals and when you touch them they retract their individual polyps for safety and will re-open once he leaves or moves to another area.  Without the flash this seahorse looks black and is very hard to see, this was the first time I had ever seen him up this high before, usually they like the sandy areas.
 
Need to get ready to go, hope your all having a great weekend, Barry
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