Up here in the Flinders Ranges the winter night sky is so dark that even a moonlit landscape can’t wash away the spectacle of the Milky Way Galaxy. Even the distant galaxies LMC and SMC can clearly be seen just above the ridge-top to the left of the scene as fuzzy cottontball blobs. All this […]
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It’s nice being able to share an experience of being somewhere wild and out of the way. That is why good landscape images are so compelling. It’s also fun to share the actual experience of being there with friends. This image is proof that Gavin actually did make it to the top in time to […]
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These little critters are Blue Throat Ascidians (Clavelina australis) and live in compound clusters. They look like a nest of little chicks of some bizarre bird with mouths agape chirping for food. Actually just like birds these critters are chordates and though they don’t really have a backbone they do have long nerve running the […]
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Biscuit Stars, Tosia australis, come in all sorts of colour variations. This beautiful purple star under Rapid Bay Jetty reminded me of a gingerbread man with its striking orange internal markings. Sea stars are not perhaps the most exciting of undersea critters and are often overlooked by divers who miss out on their intricate beauty. […]
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Nestled inside a pocket of alien pink landscape is a Castelnau’s Goby, Nesogobius pulchellus Like all gobies this one is cute, curious and you can almost imagine it wanting to startup a conversation. Make a sudden move though and in the blink of an eye there will only be an empty pink grotto. Photo: Robert […]
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