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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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Tournefortia Volubilis, Twining Soldierbush
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Jun 22, 10     Comments Off

Curacao Wildflowers 3

Hi friends, I found the coolest little flower this morning that I have never seen here before, they look like individual little starfish??  They are called, Twining Soldierbush, or Tournefortia Volubilis, I shot this with my macro lens as the whole cluster of flowers was only about an inch tall, that’s tiny!  From a distance they didn’t look like anything and I am not even sure what drew me close enough to look but I sure am glad I did.  I only found them in one small area on the top of an open hill in a shaded area.  It rained again all morning and it came down hard but seconds after it stopped I grabbed the camera and the dogs and we took off to see what new little treasures awaited us.  We ended up hiking for about two and a half hours making a big loop out in the desert and moments after getting home it started to rain again!  These flowers were the highlight of my walk although I did get some other really nice shots that will make great greeting cards for some lucky person down the road.  If anyone can help me with a name for these please let me know so I can get them identified and labeled online.  At 1:30 in the blazing heat and 100% humidity I went all the way back to the area were I found these new starfish flowers only to find all of them were closed up for the day like so many flowers here do, oh well will try again on Thursday. 
 
Not much to report today, we are all inside hiding from the heat but I will probably go biking in a little while as the trails dry very fast here, there will only be mud in a few areas.  Thanks again for all the great support, I have a fun little rock crab photo I will send tomorrow, one of the many other things I found this morning. 
 
Have a wonderful day, Barry

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