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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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Strange Orange Sponge in Curacao
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Aug 24, 09     Comments Off
Orange Sponge

Orange Sponge

Good evening from Curacao.  I have been telling you all now for the past week about this weird sponge I found and as promised here it is??  It’s not very big, only around 6 inches tall but it is beautiful and I have never seen one in these waters before.  I was looking thru my sponge book and on page 43 of the Reef Creatures book it does show a Red-Orange Branching sponge, maybe this is just mutated??  I really hope some of my sponge experts on the list or my local divers can help with an I.D.?  Aimee and I are returning here on Thursday as I want to get a diver next to it for size, maybe just her face and mask or the o’l magnifying glass trick?
 
Work was again non-stop!!  At 1:30 today I had to run to my eye doctor who sent me home with a clean bill of health saying the eyes looked good.  I do however need reading glasses for anything that is real tiny but I can live with that!! 
 
I received an e-mail this evening from our friend Lori who owns the famous Dark Canyon Coffee Company in Rapid City, South Dakota.  She read that Aimee is leaving for the states soon and is sending us some “Highlander Groog”, the best coffee I have ever had!  You can buy yours at www.darkcanyon-coffee.com tell Lori your on the list as well, always good to make new friends!!  Thanks again, we can hardly wait!
 
That’s about it, the whale is doing great!  It followed the boat out to sea today for the first time without nets and came back on it’s own, George and the team of volunteers should get a medal for this or at least a key to the city!
 
See ya tomorrow, Barry
24-8-2009

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