This little guy under Rapid Bay Jetty is a Western Cleaner Clingfish, Cochleoceps bicolor. In more than 25 years of diving this location, this year is the first time I have seen them here. The first time was back in late winter when my dive buddy Alexius found one during one of our dives. Since […]
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The Bluff is a difficult place at the best of times to dive and observe Leafy Seadragons. With a consistent southerly swell, strong surge and flailing kelp it can be hard to pickout the leafies from the fronds. There are usually quite a few around but it is not uncommon for divers to spend a […]
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Some parts of the world see only a cloudy sky and rarely see the sun set. Some parts of the work never see cloud, every sunset the same as the last. Here in South Australia we are lucky to see every sunset imaginable. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘South Australian Sunset’, 1/400s f/13 ISO320 50mm
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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a nearby (on cosmological terms) galaxy clearly visible as a small cloud to the naked eye in the southern night sky. As a neighboring galaxy in our local group it is considered a suburb of our own Milky Way galaxy. At around 163,000 light year away it is humbling […]
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This beautiful Leafy Seadragon posed for stills and video at Rapid Bay this afternoon. Despite big tides and a strong current the water is getting warmer, up to 14degC here now, and an 8-10m visibility dive day is was welcome change from the soup we have been diving in lately. Looking forward to more days […]
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