Triggered Landscape

This Mosaic Leatherjacket, (Eubalichthys mosaicus) on my ‘Barge’ night dive was another unwitting sleep swimming subject as torches and strobes brought light to the darkness. The strange thing about lighting up the night time sea floor it that is seems to have minimal impact on the nocturnal state of its inhabitants. Daytime fishes keep on […]

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Sleeping Wrasse

Nestled in a clump of rocky reef at 20m this Brownspotted Wrasse (Notolabrus parilus) is doing what all good wrasse do at eleven o’clock, sleeping. Sleeping fish are an amusing part of night diving. They do not lay there with eyes closed but seem to be in some vacant trace staring out into the ocean. […]

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Perfect Isolation

There are many pursuits that we can share in preparation and in nostalgia. Facebook messages to plan. Phone calls to confirm. Social media banter for anticipation. A history of shared experiences underpinning it all. On the day though; under the sea; away from the sky, the land, and the precious air to which we will […]

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