The open seas
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First dives
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A gaggle of fish
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Jeff goes exploring
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A colorful conch - and tasty!!
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A stingray rises from the sand
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A sleeping turtle - I've heard of fish butt pics but...
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A lobster sneeks a peek
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and comes out
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hated to wake him
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nighttimer
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and another
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a nurse shark out for the hunt
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These guys are always busy
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and these are always upside down
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nice corals
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These were everywhere
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and so were these
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Jeff hangin' out
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a coral study
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and another
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gotta love dory
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a purple cleaner shrimp
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getting macro
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another beautiful day on the seas
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This shot is a keeper - the waters clear as we move to Nassau
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starting to get the hang of this strobe too
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A pair of trumpetfish
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a damsel guards the nest
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As do these two
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featherdusters!
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Just in time for the season...
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Christmas Tree worms!!
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Parrotfish in a hurry - is there anyother kind?
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Basslets!
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Find the Juvi cowfish
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And a hi-ho from a diver
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The view from inside a swim-through
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mugshot of a French Angel
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who is hungry
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Notice the hitchhiker on his face
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Finally, a slow parrotfish
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What a great coral head
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A jaunty Mark from Canada
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And Susanne from FL
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The sun sets on the Morning Star
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And your faithful photographer
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And rises on Nassau
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And what BlackBeard's trip would be complete without a visit to the Pirate's Museum
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My only picture of a stuffed goat
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Thar be pirates!!!
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And the marooned
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BlackBeard himself
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And our own pirates - the crew of the Morning Star!!!
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My divebuddy Jeff is having a ball
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At most dives there were stingrays
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This was at the edge of the Blue Hole
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Tom, a great guy, takes some video
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nice grouper
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I believe this is called a Rock Beauty
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I like the lips
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More X-mas tree worms
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a small spotted ray
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nice barrel sponge
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and an anemone - pink tipped, of course
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who is that peaking out?
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you can call it a puffer or a box fish
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more great corals
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Let's sail into the sun!
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Yes, there was wreck diving
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Mark takes a gander at a propeller
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schooling at the wreck
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something good to see??
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Grayson demonstrates the "cheap" approach to diving - no BC!!!
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a hogfish
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We take a break at one of the many small islands - This is Whale's Point
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The view from the shore
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The "unfinished" lighthouse
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After a short break on shore - back to diving!!!
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Another great sponge - this is a vase sponge
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More turtle butt!!
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A Queen Angel
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Stripped Grouper
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We couldn't find this one in any of the ID books - maybe a frogfish??
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Great coloring on the squirrel fish
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Yep - more rays
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And parrotfish
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I think I was pretty deep here
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The always strange Arrowcrab
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French Angel
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Getting back on the boat
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Mark says Hi!
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and why not with these around
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Wonder why this is called a Pinecone fish?
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another good coral head
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These guys look electric
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The sun sets on another dive day - on to the Berry Islands!!
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And down we go!!!
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Someone forgot their regulator!!!
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Our dedicated divemaster, Danielle
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Yep - the sunsets just kept getting better
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And better!
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Lining up for the sharks at Bull Run - and you thought we didn't see any sharks.....
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For all those who have been to Bull Run - This Grouper is a staple - with a bite out of his head!
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Mark hangs with sharks
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another hanger
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and we ran into a few of these lobstaaaa!!!
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Then on to a great dive on the last day - one of the top 10 dives of my experience - a site called "triple 7" and the
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yea- they came in "that" close
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Gary observes
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a stingray and friend
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realllyyy close
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I'm gonna make this a poster
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a view above me
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I think they call it "triple 7" is because there are 21 sharks for each diver
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proof that Mark does sharks - Toronto!!!
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These guys followed us up and begged for supper!!!
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and found it!!!
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and the sun sets on the final dive and a fast 9 days
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And to new and old friends (Larry the Elder on the right)
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Congrats to "now" first mate Grayson
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Thanks for the BC, Tom!
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and time for the last dive
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yes- it was a "walk on water" perfect trip
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