Photos of the Week #60

June 12, 2006

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Roger Carlson

6/11/2006
Lake Erie
near Dunkirk, New York
Wreck of the Washington Irving
(80ft, 2-masked ship, sunk 1860)

Three divers on the wreck

Olympus 5050
Olympus housing
Inon wide angle lens
No strobes

John Butler

6/8/2006
Off San Clemente Island
Approx 300m

Yellow sponge
Unidentified

Basket Stars
Gorgonocephalus eucnemus

Insite Scorpio camera (Nikon E995)
mounted on a Phantom ROV

Phil Garner

6/11/2006
San Pedro

Mantis Shrimp
Hemisquilla californiensis

Digimax V5

Mike Bartick

6/11/2006
Anacapa Island
The Canyons

Polyclad Flatworm
Pseudoceros montereyensis

Canon Digital Rebel XT
15mm Sigma fisheye lense
YS125 strobe

Peter McGuinness

6/6/2006
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Canon a75
Internal strobe

Donna Shelley

6/10/2006
Catalina Island
Avalon Underwater Park

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon Powershot SD500
Canon housing
Internal strobe

Tracy Clark

6/10/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Three Fingers Reef

Cockerell's Dorid
Limacia cockerelli

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Robert Todd

6/11/2006
Scripps Canyon
Sumner Branch

Wolf Eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Olympus C-4000
Ikelite Housing
DS-125 Strobe, 1/2 power
f/9.0, 1/500, ISO 100

Barbara Lloyd

6/8/2006
La Jolla Shores
South of the Main Wall

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus C-8080
Ikelite Housing
NiteRider Dual HID lighting
f/3.2, 1/30, ISO 100
Macro (23.4 mm)

Robert Johnson

6/11/2006
Santa Barbara Island

Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi

Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Canon SD 110 Digital Elph
Internal flash

Steve Murvine

6/1/2006
Point Loma Kelp
Ancient Sea Cliffs

Monterey Dorid
Doris montereyensis

Sony DSC-W7
No strobe

Scott McGee

6/10/2006
La Jolla
Marine Room

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Canon Powershot A95
Canon Housing
Flash Diffuser

Antonio Frias

6/7/2006
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae

Nikon D70
Subal Housing
Single Inon 220 Strobe
60mm lens

Dallas Poore

6/11/2006
Baja California, Mexico
La Bufadora

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Club-tipped Anemones
Corynactis californica

...and many different Bryozoans:
Fluted, Lacy, Southern Staghorn...

Canon Digital Rebel XT
DS-125 in TTL mode
20mm lens

Marge Braasch

6/6/2006
Kona, Hawaii
Kaiwi Point

A pair of Hawaiian Sergeants had laid eggs and the reef was feasting. Primary shown are

Raccoon Butterflyfish
Chaetodon lunula

Milletseed Butterflyfish
Chaetodon miliaris

Yellow Tang
Zebrasoma flavescens

Cannon A75

Joe Braasch

6/7/2006
Kona, Hawaii
Suckā€™em Up

View out from Skull Cave at some surgeonfish

Cannon A75

Rob Braasch

6/6/2006
Kona, Hawaii
Rip-off Reef

School of mostly
Yellowfin Goatfish
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

Cannon A75

Previous Weeks:

June 5, 2006 (POTW #59)

May 30, 2006 (POTW #58)

May 22, 2006 (POTW #57)

May 15, 2006 (POTW #56)

May 8, 2006 (POTW #55)

May 1, 2006 (POTW #54)

April 24, 2006 (POTW #53)

April 17, 2006 (POTW #52)

April 10, 2006 (POTW #51)

April 3, 2006 (POTW #50)

March 27, 2006 (POTW #49)

March 20, 2006 (POTW #48)

March 13, 2006 (POTW #47)

March 6, 2006 (POTW #46)

February 27, 2006 (POTW #45)

February 21, 2006 (POTW #44)

February 13, 2006 (POTW #43)

February 6, 2006 (POTW #42)

January 30, 2006 (POTW #41)

January 23, 2006 (POTW #40)

January 17, 2006 (POTW #39)

January 9, 2006 (POTW #38)

January 3, 2006 (POTW #37)

December 26, 2005 (POTW #36)

December 19, 2005 (POTW #35)

December 12, 2005 (POTW #34)

December 5, 2005 (POTW #33)

November 28, 2005 (POTW #32)

November 21, 2005 (POTW #31)

November 14, 2005 (POTW #30)

November 7, 2005 (POTW #29)

October 31, 2005 (POTW #28)

October 24, 2005 (POTW #27)

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October 17, 2005 (POTW #26)

October 10, 2005 (POTW #25)

October 3, 2005 (POTW #24)

September 26, 2005 (POTW #23)

September 19, 2005 (POTW #22)

September 12, 2005 (POTW #21)

September 6, 2005 (POTW #20)

August 29, 2005 (POTW #19)

August 22, 2005 (POTW #18)

August 15, 2005 (POTW #17)

August 8, 2005 (POTW #16)

August 1, 2005 (POTW #15)

July 25, 2005 (POTW #14)

July 18, 2005 (POTW #13)

July 11, 2005 (POTW #12)

July 5, 2005 (POTW #11)

June 27, 2005 (POTW #10)

June 20, 2005 (POTW #9)

June 13, 2005 (POTW #8)

June 6, 2005 (POTW #7)

May 31, 2005 (POTW #6)

May 23, 2005 (POTW #5)

May 16, 2005 (POTW #4)

May 9, 2005 (POTW #3)

May 2, 2005 (POTW #2)

April 25, 2005 (POTW #1)