UNDERWATER REEF GARDENS IN THE BAHAMAS (1)
Animal, vegetable or mineral? If you dive down and take a close look at a reef, you’ll soon find that it isn’t easy to tell what is what… That ‘plant’ is a magic worm; this ‘creature’ is a tentacled plant…
ANEMONES
BASKET STARS
A species of ‘brittle star’ that, as the images suggest, like to ‘hang’ together
REEF MIX
CHRISTMAS TREE WORMS Spirobranchus giganteus
Thanks to scuba photographer extraordinaire Melinda Riger of Grand Bahama Scuba; & wiki-minipics
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Many thanks for the link, much appreciated. RH
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Nature is amazing! Thanks for sharing a garden of joy!
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I couldn’t believe that some of these aren’t plants! I’ve got some more surprises in the pipeline for July. RH
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Isn’t that something? It’s almost too much to take in, all that beauty and most of us will never see it in person! I can’t imagine that I’ll ever scuba dive. Maybe I’ll snorkel… someday.
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Skip the scuba – try the snorkel. When I first snorkelled a reef a couple of years ago, I hadn’t used one for… 40 years. And I’m a hopeless swimmer. One of the best hours of my life, a real eye-opener (I was wearing a mask, so that was ok). Highly recommended, even if you just float and let stuff happen around you (unless that involves sharks).
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Love the pic’s thanks for sharing ….
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Hi Sarah. Aren’t those amazing? I’m so lucky to be able to use Melinda’s pics, since (a) I can’t scuba (b) my swimming is infantile and (c) anyway she’s got a proper camera and knows how to use it. There’ll be more reef posts soon – fish and corals. RH
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