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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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Oct 17, 09     Comments Off
New Sponge

New Sponge

Hi friends, here’s a cool new sponge we have never seen before.  It is Agelas conifera, also called the octopus sponge (but in this case it is growing erect, while it normally falls sideways).  This was found thursday on our big group dive at Playa Kalki at around 50-60 feet.  After Aimee called me over and we took this photo I thought to myself how many other divers would even look twice at this?  Aimee and I have gotten to where we know if something is out of place or different and that’s the stuff we hunt for, I love the little things that most divers over look.  I did again send this photo out to a few well know sponge experts so we will just wait and see what they have to say.
 
Our dear Eva left Curacao this morning at 8:00 with a big smile on her face!  We left for the airport at around 5:30 which is a perfect time to drive around Curacao, no traffic at all!!  We sure are going to miss her, dive buddies are hard to find around here believe it or not!  I think she had a 6 hour lay over in Miami and will arrive in Denver at 8:00 tonight, that’s a real long day!
 
Aimee and I are so tired this evening, not even the coffee is working!  Have a great weekend, Barry
17-10-2009
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