Bahamian Reef Survey with Ms. Pickelner: Slow Ocean Animals are Easier to take Pictures of

That girl swimming up above is not me. Look for me in a highly attractive silver and pink wetsuit borrowed from my friend Jaimie. I will be donning it as I swim around the coral reefs of San Salvador Island in the Bahamas participating in ongoing research of coral reef bleaching. My chemistry students back home in Utah will also be doing research and taking data related to this issue... but they don't get to swim. Sorry guys.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Slow Ocean Animals are Easier to take Pictures of

Hopefully I'll be able to catch some speedier ones as I get more practice, but for now here's a nice pokey, and lovely starfish. This was part of a sea grass ecosystem, not a coral reef.

Also! The fish aren't all bright colors (see blog below). It's just that the camoflaged ones are, duh, hard to see. Can you find the fish in this picture?