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The Dixie Divers trip to
San Clemente Island and
Santa Catalina Island, California
aboard the Great Escape
July 6-7, 2013
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Window Pane, San Clemente Island camera: Olympus E-520, lens: 14-42 mm Zuiko f/3.5-5.6, housing: Olympus PT-E05, port: Athena dome, strobes: dual INON Z-240s |
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 Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anenome) covering a Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anenome) covering a Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Zoanthid Anenome on the Rock Wall |
 Crassadoma gigantea (Giant Rock Scallop) |
 Muricea fruticosa (Brown Gorgonian) |
 Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anenome) starting to cover a Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) & Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Juvenile Semicossyphus pulcher (California Sheephead) in Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Lophogorgia chilensis (Red Gorgonian) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) |
 Pyrosoma atlanticum (Pelagic Colonial Tunicate) & Pelagophycus porra (Elk Kelp) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) & Sargassum filicinum (Invasive Brown Seaweed) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) & Sargassum filicinum (Invasive Brown Seaweed) |
 Hypsypops rubicundus (Garibaldi), Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) and Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) |
 Hypsypops rubicundus (Garibaldi), Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) and Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith), Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp), & Sargassum filicinum (Invasive Brown Seaweed) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) and Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) and Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 A male Hypsypops rubicundus (Garibaldi) guarding it's nest. |
 A male Hypsypops rubicundus (Garibaldi) guarding it's nest. |
Little Flower, San Clemente Island camera: Olympus E-520, lens: 14-42 mm Zuiko f/3.5-5.6, housing: Olympus PT-E05, port: Athena dome, strobes: dual INON Z-240s |
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 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
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 Centrostephanus coronatus (Crowned Sea Urchin) |
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 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
 Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass) |
 Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
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 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
 Gymnothorax mordax (California Moray) |
Mosquito Cove, San Clemente Island camera: Olympus E-520, lens: 50 mm Zuiko f/2, housing: Olympus PT-E05, port: Inon, strobes: dual Inon Z-240s |
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 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
 Coenocyathus bowersi (Colonial Cup Coral) |
 Cucumaria salma (Sea Cucumber) |
 Conus californicus (California Cone Snail, California Cone Shell) |
 Juvenile Star on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Phoronopsis californica (California Phoronid) |
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 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster) |
 Conus californicus (California Cone Snail, California Cone Shell) |
 Crassadoma gigantea (Giant Rock Scallop) |
 Anenome |
 Maxwellia gemma |
 Eggs on Zostera marina (Eel Grass) |
 Aglaophenia struthionides (Ostrich-plumed Hydroid) |
 Linckia columbiae (Fragile Star) |
 Linckia columbiae (Fragile Star) |
Church Rock, Catalina Island camera: Olympus E-520, lens: 50 mm Zuiko f/2, housing: Olympus PT-E05, port: Inon, strobes: dual Inon Z-240s |
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 Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anenome) on the foot of a Gorgonian |
 Corallina spp. (Red Algae) |
 Red algae mixed with hydroids |
 Corallina spp. (Red Algae) |
 Juvenile Semicossyphus pulcher (California Sheephead) |
 Juvenile Semicossyphus pulcher (California Sheephead) |
 Urticina mcpeaki |
 Juvenile Semicossyphus pulcher (California Sheephead) |
 Phyllospadix torreyi (Surfgrass) and Red Algae |
 Ophlitaspongia pennata (Red Encrusting Sponge) |
 Conus californicus (California Cone Snail, California Cone Shell) |
 Chaetopterus sp. |
 Flabellina iodinea (Spanish Shawl Nudibranch) |
 Loxorhynchus grandis (Sheep Crab) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) in Zostera marina (Eel Grass) |
 Embiotoca jacksoni (Black Perch) in Zostera marina (Eel Grass) |
 Chromis punctipinnis (Blacksmith) in Zostera marina (Eel Grass) |
 A juvenile Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass) in Zostera marina (Eel Grass) |
 Octopus bimaculatus (Verrill's Two Spot Octopus) hiding in an empty shell |
 Octopus bimaculatus (Verrill's Two Spot Octopus) hiding in an empty shell |
In between the East End Quarry and Little Farnsworth, Catalina Island camera: Olympus E-520, lens: 50 mm Zuiko f/2, housing: Olympus PT-E05, port: Inon, strobes: dual Inon Z-240s |
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 Pleuronichthys coenosus (C-O Sole) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) & Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) & Lysmata Californica (Red Rock Shrimp) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Stenorhynchus debilis (Panamic Arrow Crab) |
 Juvenile Star on Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) |
 Paralabrax clathratus (Kelp Bass, Calico Bass) |
 Metandrocarpa taylori (Orange Colonial Tunicate) |
 Norrisia norrisi |
Topside cameras: Olympus E-410 & E-520 , lenses: Zuiko 40-150 mm Zuiko f/3.5-5.6, Zuiko 14-42 f/3.5-5.6, Leica Summilux 25mm f/1.4 |
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 Giving Back to Our Vets |
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 Captain Tim Burke |
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 Cierra |
 Jenson |
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 Cierra |
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 Cierra |
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 Ray Tsuyuki |
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 Captain Tim Burke |
 Cierra |
 Captain Tim Burke & Cierra |
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 Bette Jenkins |
 Ray Tsuyuki |
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 Looking East from Mosquito Cove, San Clemente Island, California |
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 Ray Tsuyuki |
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 Bette Jenkins |
 Church Rock, Santa Catalina Island |
 Captain Tom Binkley |
Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography |
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