TUPELO - After 25 years of marriage, Gay and Scott Ramsey dove into their next 25 with something new - scuba diving. Last October, the Tupelo couple got certified as open water scuba drivers after taking a dive course taught by The Dive Force.
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28Feb
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28Feb
Click for detail!Just wanted to show you the above.It’s a Buli Kula, or Golden Cowry (Lyncina (formely Cypraea) aurantium).I happened to stumble across this remarkable specimen in only seven meters when off-gassing after yesterday’s second Shark Dive. Golden Cowries are generally rare but locally abundant - and the region around Beqa is such a location. Normally only found below 20 meters, they
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28Feb
Check out the videos.Mr you-know-who: didya hear the part about the likely causes?Sheep carcasses? Bah!And Doc’s explanation of Shark attacks? Brilliant!As always, stellar messaging by Doc - and I must say, also by Amr Ali, the Managing Director of the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA), a local (and vocal) environmental NGO!I cite:It’s not the tree hugger
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28Feb
Click for detail.It sure aint looking good!I was alerted by this article stating that 75% of Coral Reefs are at risk and went rummaging for more detailed info about the situation in Fiji.Turns out that this country is particularly vulnerable.According to the report, it fatally combines High to Very High Threat Exposure (see picture on top) with High to Very High Reef Dependence with Low to Medium
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28Feb
Click for detail - amazing!Check this out!This is, by far, the best pic of hunting Sailfish, ever!!!Wow!The incredibly talented photographer: Reinhard Dirscherl of Ocean-Photo.Reinhard and his equally talented (and equally super nice) wife Daniela of WaterFrame were on assignment in Fiji and managed to squeeze in a few extra days for some Shark diving last October - and lemme tell ‘ya, conditions
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28Feb
Stellar pic by Timbo!From Timbo’s Guam & Micronesia Dive Travel blog.After a lot of emotional testimony from fishermen, school students, shark lovers and an amazing show of support from an international community of ocean loving concerned citizens from well over 100 countries, Guam’s legislators passed Bill 44-31 (scroll down) unanimously today. The bill is intended to curb the trade of shark
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23Feb
Scuba Diving Show With Butch Zemar "Scuba Butch" and Josh StudzinskiViews:
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23Feb
Divers from the Yacht Humboldt Explorer encounter hammerhead sharks while diving the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Divers from Holland, Sweden, Germany, Austria, France, Israel, Canada, Ecuador, and United States. All divers breathing enriched air. (c) Craig Capehart. GoPro Hero HD camera. Special thanks to Russell Latimer for making the flat lens case for my camera.Views:
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21Feb
Like tennis, golf or snow sports, diving is a life sport that can be shared with kids.
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21Feb
I’ve changed my mind.After consideration, I shall not be blogging about the California Shark Fin Bill.Just this: there is a compromise on the table and the bill’s proponents would be well advised to consider it.
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