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My dive partner took this picture of me diving with a huge Tridacna clam at Enewetak Atoll in 1980 (scanned with an iPhone 15 ProMax). I learned to dive in 1958, at age 16, at a military course (in those days men only) with a dual hose Aqua-Lung at the Canadian Forces Base in Rockcliff. The Aqua-Lung was invented in the late 1950s. Subsequently I got my Advanced Research Diving Certification at the U of Miami Rosenstiel Institute for Marine Science with the renowned diving pioneer and technical diver, Tom Mount, who also got his certification in 1958 at age 18. Tom died in 2022. My dive partner in those days was Pat Colin, a highly experienced scientific diver and underwater photographer. He co-founded the Coral Reef Research Foundation, based in Palau, and is still active.
When the director of the Mid-Pacific Research Laboratory at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands was badly mauled by a hammerhead shark in 1979, Pat became the new director and I was invited make some collections in the atoll where, from 1948 to 1958, the U.S. conducted 43 nuclear tests including the 1st H-bomb test in 1952 (code named Ivy Mike, mentioned at the end of Oppenheimer movie). It vaporized the island of Elugelab at the north end of Enewetak Atoll. The radioactive debris from the atomic bombs and H-bomb testing at Enewetak atoll was collected between 1977 and 1980 and the material was placed in the crater created by the 18 KT "Cactus" nuclear weapons test on May 6, 1958 on Runit Island (interesting co-incidence, this was around the same time I was getting my 1st diving certification). The radioactive waste was then covered with a huge concrete dome, which is still there, although starting to crack and leak. I dove and did a collection in the lagoon next to the dome when I was there, being careful not to stir up any sediments that still contain Plutonium-239, which has a half-life of 24,000 years. Since there had been no fishing pressure in the lagoon for 30-40 years before my visit, the fish and invertebrates were in pristine condition (including massive shark populations).
One of several photos taken with my new iPhone 16 pro max at the Chrysanthemum Flower show at Gage Park in Hamilton, Ontario.
One of several photos taken with my new iPhone 16 pro max at the Chrysanthemum Flower show at Gage Park in Hamilton, Ontario.
One of several photos taken with my new iPhone 16 pro max at the Chrysanthemum Flower show at Gage Park in Hamilton, Ontario.