Photos of the Week #150

March 3, 2008

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This week, see also Squid Fleet Lights off La Jolla  

Terry Strait

2/28/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

A Sabelid Worm
Megalomma sp.

(The two dark spots are eyes.)

Nikon D40x
Ikelite DS125 strobe
f/10, 1/60

Jen Tople

2/28/2008
Mission Beach
Wreck Alley
Yukon

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Nikon D70s
Single DS-50 strobe

Stuart Berryhill

2/29/2008
Anacapa Island
Parallel Reef

Purple Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Olympus D-580
Olympus housing
YS-60 strobe

Scott McGee

3/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Hermissenda crassicornis

Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
DS 125 strobe
105mm lens
f/20, 1/200

Margaret Webb

3/1/2008
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Spanish Shawl
Flabellina iodinea

Olympus D-330
Dual DS 125
50mm Zuiko lens
f/13, 1/100

Matt Gieselman

3/1/2008
La Jolla Shores

Pithead Sculpin
Icelinus cavifrons

Canon 40D
Ikelite DS-125 x 2
Canon 60mm EF-S Macro

Pete Hergesheimer

3/2/2008
La Jolla Shores

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Canon Powershot SD700
Internal flash

Nathan Asaro

3/1/2008
Catalina Island
Casino Point Underwater Park

Garibaldi
Hypsypops rubicundus

Canon 710
Sea&Sea 110 strobe

Herb Gruenhagen

3/2/2008
La Jolla Shores
South Walls

Blackeye Goby
Coryphopterus nicholsi

Nikon N8008s
Tussey housing
60mm lens
Film: E100vs

Mike Bartick

3/1/2008
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne Reef

Clown Dorid
Triopha catalinae

Nikon D80
60mm lens

Peter Brueggeman

3/2/2008
Point Loma
South end
80 ft

Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata

Yellow Sponge
Unidentified

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
Ikelite DS125 strobe

Kathy Bouic

3/1/2008
La Jolla Shores

The red-orange worms
Capitella ovincola

that always show up in

Squid egg sacs
Loligo opalescens

Olympus SP-310

Allison Vitsky

2/29/2008
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Sand Dollars
Dendraster excentricus

Steve Gardner

3/2/2008
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Horn Shark
Heterodontus francisci

Olympus c5050z
Olympus PT housing
Onboard flash

Sharon Seto Wong

2/28/2008
Roatan, Honduras

Blenny
Unidentified

(Can anyone ID this blenny?)

Canon SD700IS
Nocturnal SLX LED dive light (no strobe)

Julianne Steers

3/1/2008
Palos Verdes
Old Marineland

San Diego Dorid
Diaulula sandiegensis

Canon PowerShot Pro1
Ikelite housing
Sea 'n' Sea YS-90 Auto Duo

Rick Anderson

3/1/2008
La Jolla
Marine Room
Tidepools

Anemone
Anthopleura sp.

Canon Powershot SD900

Mark Pidcoe

3/1/2008
La Jolla Shores
North Wall

Chestnut Cowry
Cypraea spadicea

Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiothrix spiculata

Sony DSC-P150

Jim Lyle

3/1/2008
Redondo Beach
The Barge

Red Rock Crab
Cancer productus

Olympus SP-350
Ikelite housing
One DS-125 strobe.
f/8, 1/30, ISO 50

Roger Uzun

3/1/2008
Point Loma Kelp

1:42-min video clip

Click to play video clip

Sony HDR-HC9 camcorder
Pro Watt Scuba 2x100W Halogen Video Lights

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