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Very cool, Chuck!
But now you're making me want so what's at the dropoff, so you'd better get your diving gear replaced 
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That is soooo cool,I think I'll bookmark that one to follow the progress.Im also a bit jealous,did I mention it snowed 15cm here today?
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| Today saw a few additions made to the reef tour. But first, on my way out, I gathered up 30 juvenile sea urchins for my translocation study. Once at the site, I thought it would be an easy task to clear away the kelp, wrong! I quickly realized that I also had to dig out each kelp's holdfast (roots if you will). After 40 something free dives, I had about 50 percent of the area cleared and was at near 100 percent wore out myself. In a few days, I will go back and finish up the clearing job. So then what do I do? I head further out and end up doing a few more free dives down to 25 feet deep to take the photos needed to make the format change (thanks Eric!) for the reef tour's "clickable areas", today I managed to get area "40" completed, please check it out. Was kind of cool though that as I dug out each kelp's hold fast, I would get mobbed by a lot of wrasse who quickly lost their shyness. Saw at least five species and all were very beautifull fish. I also took a few more photos of some of the coral species found within the grass bed areas. Since I am not foolish enough to attempt their identification by photos or by shoving my face mask up against them, I will just say they appear to be a lobophyllia, goniopora, galaxea, montipora and a few favia/favites. Those photos can be seen in Zone 1. I also added a photo each of Linda (my wife) and I at the bottom of the main reef tour page. Am beat and refuse to get out of my chair for the rest of the night... Chuck
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OK, I'm curious? Chuck what do you do with the Kelp after you dig it up? Nice job on updating the site, I like it!  Steve
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| To be honest, as I rip and tear at it, it floats away and ends up tangled down into the other nearby kelp, without its hold fasts, it should die or quickly end up washed up on shore as it does on the rare storm. I can't imagine trying to collect and then keep every scrap of it as I go, keep in mind, at the time, I'm holding my breath and having to hang on with my other arm. I am feeling it tonight...lol Chuck
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Thanks for all that work! Very fascinating and nicely put together!
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| Thanks, but in due time, it will change as I will be getting a new "main photo" that is used for the clickable boxes. Having taken that photo from shore, it does not give me the look down view needed to fully cover the area. Today I noticed a three story building nearby and will climb it to get the right angle for use. Then it will just be a matter of plugging everything back into place. Chuck
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| Wow, I was just checking out the new photos, very nice work Charles! On number 42, is that a Euphyllia? Wow.
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| Thanks! But yeah, that is one biggun there...lol Only green one in the area as well. It is unique enough that I nick named it "the green giant"..lol, Just a few blocks up the coast where the channel cuts in much closer to shore, there are a great many of them scattered about, but are the usual tan/brown colored. Some are also huge colonys as well and always make me wonder at just how old they could be. Chuck
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| Chuck, I was just checking out your tour page again, now that I have a new PC and DSL I noticed that you need 1 more spot... something really cool, so there would be an "Area 51"! Keep up the good work! Tal
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