Saturday, July 14, 2012

COZUMEL 2012 - Day 1

Well, here we are in Cozumel again and it's our favorite place to dive. Julio, our divemaster, greeted us early this morning and we were off to the Palancar Reef for two beautiful dives. Here are just a few of the over 100 photos we took today and though now are "publishing" quality, we hope you'll enjoy them and get a little feel for our adventures. Please leave a comment or two. God bless!

We start with a couple of beautiful underwater landscapes.
Turtles are one of the most graceful of all sea creatures.
Trunk Fish
Juvenile ? Playing Inside a Yellow Sponge
5 Point Star Fish

Just some of the reef fish we see on every dive.

This Rock Fish is hard to find and dangerous if touche.
Barracudas roam the reefs looking for prey.
Okay, see the thing going over the wall? It's not a snake, but the tail of an iguana. Below is the face of this granddaddy of a lizard. He is over 4 feet long and the largest we've ever seen. We encountered him on a trail during our surface break, between dives. Isn't he cute?
      
                                   

3 comments:

  1. Cute is not quite the word I would have used to describe the iguana! Is the star fish really as red as it appears in the photo? That is really cool looking! The sea turtles remain some of my favorites. Thanks for sharing and glad you are having a great time!

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  2. Tammy, it's probably a little bit more red than it appeared, but the ambient light in the water does funny things, depending on the direction you are looking at something. These haven't had the colors changed.

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  3. Looks like you are enjoying your dives. You can have the iguana!! He is UGLY!!

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