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Swimming off the stern of a boat was something I had wished to do for many years. The experience was everything I dreamed about!
Monte Solaro is 589 meters (1,932 feet) above sea level
Selected for Exploore on 12 Mar 2023 at #375
A few days of camping, hiking, canoeing, and the time to finish a book was like a tonic for the soul - topped by one evening with a lovely sunset. This handheld shot was captured by my old Canon 40D, which seems to have new life with some very cheap extended use batteries I found on Amazon. I was standing in the lake to catch the light on the other side of the headland. At times a dozen or so large dragonflies would zoom around me to catch any mosquitoes foolish enough to come after me.
Standing in about 4.5 feet of very warm water. With my chest waders on trying not to make ripples, are these beautiful Cypress trees on the north shore of Sardis lake, MS that beg to be captured. I hope I did them justice.
The manta ray is most commonly found in the warmer, tropical of waters of the world's oceans, typically around coral reefs and along the continental shelves where food is in abundance. However, due to their enormous size, manta rays are also commonly spotted hunting out in the open ocean.
wriggly reflections
meditative breathing
hydrotherapy
Each Friday and Sunday I'm to be found in the 35C water of the Pinder pool for exercise and Ai Chi.
The best is when sunlight filters through the end glass wall and creates quivering rainbows on the surface of the water.
(My camera stays home; I had a little photoshoot back along when I started here....)
Although comfortable in small boats, I'd never been in a sea kayak before. It's the one on the left and was heavy enough that two people were required to get it on or off the car. It was also a bit tippy to get in and out of but once in the water, that long narrow waterline made the boat effortless to paddle along the Fishing Islands off Lake Huron's shoreline. That was a first for me too but definitely not the last.
How happy I was to be back in the warm water (34/35C) of the hydrotherapy pool at the Leisure Centre after a few weeks' absence due to vertigo/balance issues (no connection with early consumption of Christmas spirit)!
And to be welcomed by the friends I have made there who had wondered where I was/if I was OK....
Crossing the foyer to meet Ray after his swim in the main pool, I met Father Christmas.
I thought him very handsome, so here he is with time to spare!
Ranging from an average depth of 11 feet to about 36 feet deep near the dam, the shallow waters of Lake Arthur are home to a variety of warmwater fish. Frogs, newts, turtles, and water snakes prowl the edges of the lake.
Great blue herons, green herons, and belted kingfishers prey on minnows and fish fry. During the early spring, common loons stop at the lake on their migration north.
Osprey may be seen flying over Lake Arthur. Once extirpated from Western Pennsylvania, these “fish hawks” have been reintroduced to Moraine through a hacking program begun during 1993.
The first osprey pair to nest along Lake Arthur as a result of this effort raised three young during 1996. Due to a successful reintroduction program statewide, the osprey population has recovered and is continuing to expand. Bald eagles also are actively nesting in the park.
On a quiet beach watching the rain dissipate offshore. Of all the roads you travel through life, be sure at least one of them takes you to the beach.
To be still and quiet is to know oneself. To know oneself is true freedom. Fly tying is one avenue to this inner world.
This shot was taken in Oahu at Sharks Cove. You have to capture it in between Low and High tide along with the perfect timing of Sunset. All 3 went together well when I took this shot. I was happy with the outcome, Enjoy!!!
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While sightseeing the Island of Menorca, i stoped to take this photo close to the beach of "Cala Macarella"
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Scopello is a small but charming seaside village, it is the southern gate of the Zingaro Nature Reserve about 40 kilometers from Trapani. The town is organized around the central square, Piazza Nettuno, near which is the famous farmhouse, dating back to the eighteenth century.
According to some, the beauty of the place was captured by Homer, who set it as the final stage prior to the return of Ulysses to Ithaca: the Island of the Phaeacians would be just the bay of Scopello.
It is not clear if its name, which probably alludes to the presence of volcanic stacks, derived from the greek or latin (or scopelos scopulus respectively). It was destroyed by a tsunami, and what remained, are exceptional testimonies to the past, still sunk in the nearby waters.
Some of you may remember that Kendra, my girlfriend, won a recent photo competition, beating out yours truly for top prize. She picked a trip for two to the Bahamas.
Well, as it turns out, the resort is undergoing some ownership changes. Kendra was recently contacted by the photo competition organizers that she will likely get to pick from a prize list for an upcoming competition...before anyone else. This is to make up for the fact that the trip to the Bahamas may not happen.
We are crossing our collective fingers because the prize list for the competition in the fall should have a wide variety of trips to the South Pacific, where this image was taken 2.5 years ago.
The waiting game is on. We both find out in September where we may be going, but several trips in 2008 went to Raja Ampat, Lembeh Strait in the Sulawesi Sea, the Maldives, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and Komodo.
The Bahamas would have been nice, but I will take any of the above locations 10 times out of 10 if given the chance.
For the shot:
Back in December 2006, Kendra was finishing up as a teaching assistant for a field marine biology course on Mo'orea. I flew in and we headed to the atoll of Rangiroa for 6 days of diving and relaxing.
Most of the diving here is done on two passes, with this one being at Avatoru Pass. The bigeye trevallies would school like this and it was quite the spectacle. I shot this looking straight up the school towards the surface.
Nikon D200
Nikkor 12-24mm @ 12mm
1/100sec @ f22, ISO 200
Aquatic Housing and 8" Dome Port
Natural Light, strobes turned off to avoid backscatter
Warm water vapor rises up through Earth's cold autumn atmosphere 3-5 Celsius but -2 this night. As the water vapor rises higher and higher, the cool air of the atmosphere causes the water vapor to turn back into liquid water, creating clouds. This process is called condensation. The view water rising up by the shoreline of Hoople Island. But also rising entire water of St. Lawrence River.
Excerpt from www.crca.ca/wp-content/uploads/PDFs/LakeReports/2017-Fact...:
Upper Beverley Lake is a natural, shallow, warmwater lake located on sandstone bedrock and enhanced by the construction of a dam. Like the majority of lakes within the Cataraqui Region, Upper Beverley Lake mixes in the spring and fall due to lake water warming and cooling. During this mixing process, nutrients are cycled throughout the lake, giving the water a cloudy appearance as well as a brown or green hue from algae that feed off the cycling nutrients. Later in the spring, summer, and winter, water temperatures vary by depth (thermal stratification) so multiple fish species are found at different depth and temperature
ranges.
Originally, Upper Beverley Lake was two small waterbodies until the creation of the Delta Dam. Water levels are controlled by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) at Delta Dam directly on the lake and are maintained within a one-meter fluctuation based on seasonal variations in rainfall, snowmelt and evaporation. The majority of the lake’s shoreline remains in its natural state.