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October 3, 2009: Mapur Island

Florence at Sea Sport

oct 03 0790 florence

Lina at Sea Sport

oct 03 0791 lina

Four Mermaids -- in training

oct 03 0793 4 mermaids

Bye Bye Sun Moon

oct 03 0795 bye bye

Santi, Jumari and Sina

oct 03 0797 santi jumari sina

Sina and Jumari hiding from the rain

oct 03 0809 sina jumari rain

My man - Jumari

oct 03 0816 jumari

Santi's first swimming lesson - a success

oct 03 0829 santi swimming

She did it

oct 03 0830 she did it

Site 1

Water temp = 30.3C, Air temp, 33.3C - Now to snorkel -- many fish. This trip - there is a dramatic increase in the fish population.

oct 03 0833 many fish

oct 03 0835 many fish

Spiral acropora

oct 03 0837 spiral acropora

oct 03 0839 many fish

Unbleaching area - recovering from the May - June bleaching episode - due to high water temp

oct 03 0840 unbleaching

Acropora and black fish

oct 03 0843 acropora black fish

oct 03 0845 coral fish

oct 03 0849 fish school

oct 03 0859 giant clam

oct 03 0863 giant clam inside

oct 03 0868 acropora

oct 03 0870 staghorn tables

oct 03 0874 fish coral

oct 03 0875 acropora fish

oct 03 0877 reef fish

oct 03 0886 blue acropora

oct 03 0896 blue giant clam

oct 03 0900 gobi

oct 03 0901 gobi

oct 03 0905 urchin anus

oct 03 0907 gobi

oct 03 0912 green coral

oct 03 0914 soft coral

oct 03 0916 ring coral

oct 03 0917 honey comb coral

oct 03 0919 honeycomb core

oct 03 0920 coral seascape

Soft white coral

oct 03 0922 white soft coral

Jumari - the boss

oct 03 0926 jumari

Sina and Santi -

oct 03 0929 sina santi

Frank works for Jumari - and doing the anchor - while Sina captures this historic moment

oct 03 0931 frank anchor

oct 03 0936 sina santi jumari

The other group

oct 03 0939 other group

Frank the anchor man

oct 03 0964 anchor man

Sina the wet suit model

oct 03 0968 sina

Anemome - where are the clown fish?

oct 03 0986 anemone

Oh - here he is - a micro Nemo

oct 03 0987 nemo

Acropora

oct 03 0993 acropora

Colorful fish

oct 03 0995 colorful fish

oct 03 0996 colorful fish

Honeycomb

oct 03 1000 honeycomb sortof

oct 03 1005 giant clam

oct 03 1010 yellow fish

oct 03 1017 blue giant clam

oct 03 1021 two giant clams

oct 03 1028 green giant clam

oct 03 1033 giant clam

oct 03 1034 giant clam pattern

oct 03 1037 giant clam patterns

oct 03 1043 yellow fish

oct 03 1044 vertical striped fish

oct 03 1046 reef fish

oct 03 1051 soft coral

oct 03 1052 5 urchins

Purple coral

oct 03 1054 purple coral

Going home

oct 03 1061 going home

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C. Frank Starmer