Divebums: Photos of the Week #176

Photos of the Week #176

September 2, 2008

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	Kerry Mahoney First submission to POTW! 8/31/2008 La Jolla Shores 35 feet Diver Steve Gardner surfacing with a blown low-pressure inflator hose Olympus C5050z Single strobe
	Stuart Berryhill 8/31/2008 Farnsworth Bank Yellow Wall 95 feet Can anyone ID this sea star? Yellow Zoanthids Undescribed Olympus D-580 YS-60 strobe
	Dave Rudie 8/30/2008 Point Loma 60 feet Threaded Abalone Haliotis assimilis Proliferating Anemone Epiactis prolifera Olympus SP-350 Internal strobe
	Thomas Cook 8/25/2008 La Jolla Marine Room Canyon 60 feet Juvenile Barred Sand Bass Paralabrax nebulifer amongst squid egg sacs Doryteuthis opalescens Olympus C770 Olympus housing No flash
	Mike Hallack 8/26/2008 La Jolla Shores North of the Main Wall 50 feet Lion Nudibranch Melibe leonina Fujifilm f40fd
	Julianne Steers 8/31/2008 Santa Barbara Island 22 feet Angel Shark Squatina californica Canon Powershot Pro1 Sea and Sea YS-90 Auto Duo Strobe
	Jimmy Yuan 8/25/2008 Florida Keys Conch Wall Is this a Hawksbill Turtle? Eretmochelys imbricata Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris Canon Powershot A620
	Steve Murvine 9/1/2008 Long Beach Oil Rig Ellie 75 feet Grass Rockfish Sebastes rastrelliger Canon G-9 Ikelite housing DS51 TTL strobe
	Allison Vitsky 8/29/2008 La Jolla Shores A large horn shark just before ramming Allison's dome port Horn Shark Heterodontus francisci Canon 20D Dual Ikelite DS125 strobes Sigma 15mm fisheye lens
	Kim Mitchell 8/30/2008 Point Loma Ancient Sea Cliffs 90 feet Blackeye Goby Coryphopterus nicholsi Canon Powershot S410
	Terry Strait 8/28/2008 La Jolla Shores North Wall Common Squid Doryteuthis opalescens Nikon D40x
	Mike Bartick 9/1/2008 Long Beach Oil Rig Ellie Doto amyra (the nudibranch) and an amphipod (foreground) Unidentified Nikon D80 Ikelite DS-125 strobes
	Brian McHugh 8/31/2008 Catalina Island A near-adult Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus Sea Life DC800
	Kevin Lee 8/26/2008 Point Loma N-Rad 80 feet Catriona columbiana Nikon D200, Dual YS-110 strobes
	Steve Gardner 8/30/2008 La Jolla Shores 55 feet San Diego Dorid Diaulula sandiegensis Olympus C5050z Internal strobe
	Ruth Harris 8/30/2008 Laguna Beach Shaw's Cove A small Flabellina trilineata With several Polycera atra in the foreground Sea & Sea 750G Single YS-27DX strobe
	Matt Cerezo 8/29/2008 Catalina Island Casino Point Underwater Park 535 feet Diver Kate Harrison Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Kelp Bass Paralabrax clathratus Sealife DC600 Natural Lighting Wide angle lens
	Mick McMurray 8/31/2008 Point Loma Kelp 65 feet Cadlina luteomarginata Nikon D70s 60mm lens
	Randy Sysol 9/1/2008 San Diego's Wreck Alley Ruby E Polyclad Worm Pseudoceros luteus Club-tipped Anemones (Strawberry Anemones) Corynactis californica Nikon D80 DS125 Strobe 60mm macro lens
	Tracy Clark 8/30/2008 La Jolla Shores Southern Kelp Crab Taliepus nuttallii Sand Dollars Dendraster excentricus Nikon D70s 60mm lens
	Scott McGee 9/1/2008 Point Loma Broomtail Reef Hermissenda crassicornis Nikon D200 Ikelite housing DS 125 Strobe 105mm lens f/18, 1/200

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