Scuba Diving at Buck Island, St. Thomas
June 1, 2000
| Continuing our Buck Island reef dive, we cruised along a reef at about 60 feet depth, looking at a variety of fish. There was a lot of fish life, even though the reef itself looked pretty beat up. |
| At left is a yellowtailed damselfish. Its spots stand out so much they seem to glow. At right is a variation on a blue parrotfish. |
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Mark took the camera a couple of times to shoot Rod, to show that the old man was really down there. One of the nice fish that we saw was this banded butterflyfish. | |
| At one of the nicer spots on the reef, I found this banded butterfly fish and stoplight parrotfish playing around the soft coral. I shot the view at left before the flash had had time to recharge, so it is a good example of the difference you get when you don't have a flash at 60 ft. It is still pretty, but you lose all the oranges and reds. |
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