Photos of the Week #49

March 27, 2006

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Mark Chapman

3/25/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

A male Dwarf Teardrop Crab
Pelia tumida

Yellow Zoanthids on a gorgonian
Parazoanthus lucificum

Probably Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

Nikon D70
105mm lens
f/22.0, 1/100

Kevin Lee

3/23/2006
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

California Corbina
Menticirrhus undulatus

Olympus C-5060
90DX-strobe

Rich Arrieta

3/10/2006
Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico
San Benedicto Island
Boiler

Manta Ray
Manta birostris

and diver

Frame grab from Sony TRV-900

Randy Sysol

3/25/2006
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Above Rockhouse Canyon

A lenticular cloud formation

Olympus 5050

Barbara Lloyd

3/25/2006
Mission Bay
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
w/ HID lighting
f/5.6, 1/30, 23mm, ISO 50
Macro mode

Steve Gardner

3/25/2006
La Jolla Shores

Smooth Brittle Stars
Ophioplocus esmarki

Olympus C5050z
Ikelite Housing
2 DS 50 Strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro

Mike Bartick

3/25/2006
Anacapa Island

Colorful Dirona
Dirona picta

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
60mm lens with stacked extensions

Pete Hergesheimer

3/25/2006
San Clemente Island
Pyramid Cove

Red Gorgonian
Lophogorgia chilensis

and a diver

Canon Powershot SD500
with a Flash Diffuser

Rick Ramsey

3/26/2006
Borrego Springs

Some kind of tadpoles?
(anybody know what?)

Olympus Stylus 300

Peter Brueggeman

3/25/2006
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

White-plumed Anemone
Metridium farcimen

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Tracy Clark

3/24/2006
La Jolla Shores

Horned Aeolid
Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D70
60mm lens

Matt Gieselman

3/25/2006
San Clemente Island

Island Kelpfish
Alloclinus holderi

Canon 20D
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
60mm lens

Richard Girouard

3/26/2006
Santee
Mission Trails

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox

Canon PowerShot SD500

Dave McNair

3/25/2006
San Clemente Island

Kelp
Macrocystis pyrifera

Nikon 4100

Dan Scanderbeg

3/25/2006
Scripps Canyon

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Canon A95
Canon housing
f/2.8, 1/60

Roger Bly

View from the top (50’) of the Southern Peninsula of the La Jolla Fan Valley looking north toward Murray Head and the Northern Peninsula. The North Wall dive site is the dark area on the middle-right. Rendered from CSUMB 2m multibeam bathymetric data. Water visibility set at 0.5 miles.

Previous Weeks:

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)

Special Half-year Favorites Page

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)