It is a Universal Truth of Diving that Bob Marley is the common soundtrack of scuba diving boats everywhere.
After a morning dive on submerged coral pinnacle (a chapeirao), we hang our gear to dry on deck and gather in the galley to compare notes and share stories. I pour a second cup of coffee and begin downloading my photos. No Woman, No Cry provides the perfect musical accompaniment to the gently rocking boat, the sun sparkling on the water, and the background hum of the compressor filling tanks emptied during the morning dive.
Play some tunes and enjoy the underwater eye candy from Brazil.
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- Dictyota algae in all its irridescent glory
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- A giant anemone
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- Meandrina braziliensis, an endemic coral species found only in the Abrolhos archipelago.
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- A basket star with its zillions of arms all curled up and cozy in a bed of fire coral
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- True colors!
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- A roving gang of angelfish checks up on me.
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- Montastrea cavernosa, one of the most common corals in the Caribbean and Brazil
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- Twin porkfish hanging out in a cafe
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- Brazilian algae come in all colors and shapes.
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- If, as a scientist, I am allowed to have a favorite sea creature, I choose the Queen Angelfish.
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- A rare pycnogonid sea spider. It was bright blue and only 3 mm long.
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- Spiral egg case from some sort of whelk-esque snail.
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- Sneak peak of how I do science. I study the different algae that grow along this scale.
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