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Pics from my SCUBA trips this hobby ...it's funny how things work out, eh? ...doing this also helps me kill time while my new display cycles Bayinaung also gave me the go ahead, so I can't argue with that



I took up SCUBA diving years back on a trip to Australia....got my PADI Open Water while diving the Great Barrier Reef there. Years later, on my second trip to the Philippines, I was successfully certified as an Advanced Open Water diver.....woot!



The funny thing is I can't really swim all that well.....well, I suck. But, put me underwater with SCUBA and this is what you get:



Easter Island



moi next to a 1000 year old porites lobata colony (the predominate coral on these reefs)





extremely nutrient poor water = some of the best visibility in the world





school of endemic Easter Island butterflyfish









yellow p. verrucosa....this was one of only two specimens from this genus I encountered on all my dives ...extremely rare on this reef (the other was baby blue)





(not a real Moai....was sunk here for the movie "Rapa Nui")





At the top of the image is the Easter Island Rainbow wrasse (coris debueni), which is endemic to the island and is probably the rarest coris wrasse in the world.





huge banana wrasse!









1000+ year old porites lobata colony





endemic Easter Island damsel...gorgeous





about $15-$20k worth of fish in this shot. Hota Matu'a pygmy angels, femininus wrasses.....i'm pretty sure I pissed myself when I saw these guys













supposed Spanish ghaleon anchor















ill post more pics later so I decided i'd let you all have a peek into my other hobby ...which, of course, was a direct result of being inhobby...it's funny how things work out, eh? ...doing this also helps me kill time while my new display cyclesBayinaung also gave me the go ahead, so I can't argue with thatI took up SCUBA diving years back on a trip to Australia....got my PADI Open Water while diving the Great Barrier Reef there. Years later, on my second trip to the Philippines, I was successfully certified as an Advanced Open Water diver.....woot!The funny thing is I can't really swim all that well.....well, I suck. But, put me underwater with SCUBA and this is what you get:Easter Islandmoi next to a 1000 year old porites lobata colony (the predominate coral on these reefs)extremely nutrient poor water = some of the best visibility in the worldschool of endemic Easter Island butterflyfishyellow p. verrucosa....this was one of only two specimens from this genus I encountered on all my dives ...extremely rare on this reef (the other was baby blue)(not a real Moai....was sunk here for the movie "Rapa Nui")At the top of the image is the Easter Island Rainbow wrasse (coris debueni), which is endemic to the island and is probably the rarest coris wrasse in the world.huge banana wrasse!1000+ year old porites lobata colonyendemic Easter Island damsel...gorgeousabout $15-$20k worth of fish in this shot. Hota Matu'a pygmy angels, femininus wrasses.....i'm pretty sure I pissed myself when I saw these guyssupposed Spanish ghaleon anchorill post more pics later