Lovely wall with sun visible thru the water.
Colorful soft coral topped with a crinoids. The corals and criniods are atually animals and not plants.
Largest sea fan I've ever seen. Compare to size of diver adjacent! The sea fan is actually an soft cora meaning an animal.
Bueatiful soft coral, sponge and criniod arrangement. All these are animals and not plants.
Tiny shrimp seemingly enjoiying the attention.
A scorpion fish resting on the bottom spotting during a night dive.
Cute tiny tiny crab. Her eye is red colored.
Puffer fish are always friendly and have a great smile.
Another sponge and criniod arrangement.
Lovely goup of soft corals.
The underwater enviroment can be so exotic and colorful. Nithing like it on land.
A baby Emperor Angelfish. As she grows, the circlle become horizontal lines and the tail bright yellow.
Just six years ago this area was covered by ash from a volcanic eruption suffocating everything. See the black sand? The recovery of the environment is remarkable.
Steam still rising from the volcano that erupted six years ago. The side on the hill was blown off.
Spectular array of sea fans/soft corals.
A reefscape at Komba Volcano, Indonesia. September 2022.
Bubbles still coming up thru the samd six years after the volcanic eruption.
A moray eel getting a spa treatment from the little blue cleaner fish.
Our dive gear stations near the bow of the boat.
Amazing colored soft corals!
Brilliant soft corals!
Such a little baby cutie--a type of wrasse called a yellowtail coris.The namer makes more sense when she is full grown.
Interesting nudibranch with a fuzzy texture.
Colorful nudibranch.
Pair of pygmy seahourses--one above the other.
A pair of pygmy seahorses!
Another cool nuidbranch.
a baby toby hiding behind teh coral.
This crab, Hermit Anemone, decorates herself with anemones!
A colorful Ribbon Eel.
A pair of clear shrimp on an anemone.
a tiny Blenny peeking out from her hole in the reef.
A Leaf Scorpionfish resting amongst ogther reef exotica.
An orange Giant Frogfish (small one) waiting for a meal.
Mid-Century Modern vessel sponge?
this little nudibranch appears to be floating above the surface.
a Giant Frogfish sitting on ropes and sticks. her mouth and eye are on the left.
an exotic nudibranch with lacey body.
A lionfish showing off.
the designs and colors of nudibranch never cease to amaze.
A tiny Honeycomb Cowfish.
an interesting nudibranch.
Trash provides sanctuary in some cases.
A Seahorse caught free swimming during a night dive. Seahorses are teh slowest moving creatures in the world, BTW.
yet another nudibranch
A pair of Black Saddled Tobies.
Final sunset from the Indo Siren.
Good bye Indonesia. Old terminal builidng at the Mali Airport on Alor Island.
