With very full days in either plenary or breakout meetings here at the 20th US Coral Reef task Force Meeting in Kona, that leaves very little daylight time to see the local reefs. But Liz and I co-opted our lunch break the other day in lieu of some snorkeling at Kahalu'u Beach State Park. It was a chilly walk-in due to so much freshwater runoff, but once past the shore the water warmed-up and we got close to an hour of great reef viewing. And I got to go back to the afternoon session of meetings with a dive mask impression ringing my face.I've included a shot of an impressive herd of Slate Pencil urchins (Heterocentrotus mammillatus) for both Jim Lemire and The Other 95% guys. Enjoy boys!
6 comments:
Is that a Humuhumukununukuapua'a?
It's always nice to bail out on a conference for some snorkeling, isn't it? Though it might not really count as bailing if you just missed lunch.
Looks like you may also have a Diadema (or Echinothrix?) in there as well!
angelo...
yup, it's a humu
jim...
yeah, i only missed lunch but then again i can afford to miss a few lunches...
But if your a a coral meeting you got to get your mind set right, and sitting in a meeting all day...
That would have been a priceless photo, you in the meeting with mask face.
Jim - it does look like Echinothrix diadema in the crevice behind the H. mammillatus.
Not hearing much from you lately. OMG, did something happen on your open ocean night dive?
The fishie on the second picture has almost an anthropomorphic look
I'm glad I found your blog - so many interesting things here )
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