These little guys were photographed inside one of the no-take reserves that Blue Ventures has helped the Velondriak association establish. We had completed our surveys of this site, so I got the bonus of getting to take the camera and do some “photographic surveying”.
On the same dive where we found those Nemobrotha Nudis, I managed to find this absolutely stunning Blue Dragon Nudibranch (Pteraeolidia ianthina). Today is a bit of a sad day though as I am leaving Andavadoaka and beginning my journey back towards home.
A couple closeups showing the corals feeding with their tentacles out during the day…
This little reef fish tends to live both in tabular corals (like the Indian Dascyllus I’ve shared before) as well as in anemones like this one…
We’ve started doing actual scientific survey dives at this point so I am not able to take my camera as often (though honestly, if I hadn’t struggled with it working properly earlier in the trip, I might have more photos). But one of our expedition…
Outside our huts there is a wooden fence/railing at the edge of the small cliff that drops down to the beach – many of have taken to hanging wet clothing there to dry… and quite often when I go to retrieve my dry clothes I’d…
It has been such a treat to be presented with this view almost every evening, and sad that it is soon coming to an end. I had debated trying to stay for a second expedition, but in the end decided not to (though I still…
I saw tiger flatworms in Indonesia, but I think these are some better photos. Flatworms are different from nudibranchs, but they kind of get lumped in with nudis as one of my favorite underwater critters. I’ve been lucky to see some really nice nudis and…
One of the days I was wandering with the camera, I noticed this little fly that seemed to be trying to dig a burrow in the sand. It is seemed like such interesting behavior so I got some photos and videos…
I told you that these guys are one of my favorite fish even though they are quite common. This shot also comes from wandering around in the tide pools during low tide. I actually found a small tabular coral (which is where these guys usually…
Another juvenile fish found in the rock pools. This little guy actually was a very cooperative subject even though it was swimming away from me. Usually fish turn and swim away and you’re left with fish butt photos… but this little guy simply backed away…
I found this little guy hiding among the rock pools during low tide. Unfortunately, the coloration isn’t leading me to any identification, but I do like the spot patterns on his head…
Warning: I intentionally did not set this post to have a thumbnail image just in case folks really don’t like centipedes This particular one was hiding under one of the volunteer’s shirt that was hanging out to dry and had fallen on the ground. I…
As promised, here is a sunset… the rock formation out in the water is called Andava Rock and this is basically the view from my hut.
