The first dive of the Dr. Death trip on the Peace on Tuesday October 11, 2005 I made one dive at at my favorite dive California dive spot, Tanner Bank. It was the only dive the whole trip on which I took underwater pictures. I thought you might like to see them since very few make it to that spot.
Underwater photographs of Tanner Bank
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Southern Sea Palm
(Eisenia arborea),
California Hydrocoral
(Stylaster californicus),
& Club-Tipped Anemones
(Corynactis californica) | 
Stripefin Ronquil,
a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil
(Rathbunella hypoplecta)
on a Giant Spined Star
(Pisaster giganteus) | 
Stripefin Ronquil,
a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil
(Rathbunella hypoplecta)
on a Giant Spined Star
(Pisaster giganteus) | 
Giant Spined Star
(Pisaster giganteus)
& California Hydrocoral
(Stylaster californicus)
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Squarespot rockfish
(Sebastes hopkinsi) | 
A Treefish
(Sebastes serriceps)
& Squarespot rockfish
(Sebastes hopkinsi) | 
A pair of Swordspine Rockfish
(Sebastes ensifer) | 
Thalamoporella californica
above Orange Sponge
(Cyamon argon) |
A Sea Star (Henricia sanguinolenta)
on Thalamoporella californica
above Orange Sponge
(Cyamon argon) | 
Gray Moon Sponge
(Spheciospongia confoederata)
& Club-Tipped Anemones
(Corynactis californica) | 
Gray Moon Sponge
(Spheciospongia confoederata)
& Club-Tipped Anemones
(Corynactis californica) | 
Sponge (Haliclona sp.),
Orange Sponge (Cyamon argon),
Orange Puffball Sponge
(Tethya aurantia),
Club-Tipped Anemones
(Corynactis californica),
& Encrusting Dead Man's Fingers
(Codium setchellii) |
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Squarespot rockfish
(Sebastes hopkinsi),
Blacksmith
(Chromis punctipinnis),
& a Señorita
(Oxyjulis californica)
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Stripefin Ronquil,
a.k.a. Smooth Ronquil
(Rathbunella hypoplecta),
and a pair of Treefish
(Sebastes serriceps) | 
California Hydrocoral
(Stylaster californicus),
Club-Tipped Anemones
(Corynactis californica),
& a Orange Puffball Sponge
(Tethya aurantia) | 
California Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena guttata)
on a Gray Moon Sponge
(Spheciospongia confoederata) |
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California Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena guttata)
on a Gray Moon Sponge
(Spheciospongia confoederata) | 
Club-Tipped Anemones
(Corynactis californica) | |
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