By Jake Richter - NetTech on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 6:14 pm: |
I've just posted an animated composite of about 27 frames of a Great Star Coral spawning last night. The file is about 2MB, so be patient waiting for the whole thing to load for viewing. It's at:
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By Ginny Stokes on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 6:21 pm: |
Wow! Cool - thanks for sharing with the rest of us.
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By Martin de Weger on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 6:30 pm: |
Hi Jake, great pic's. Wish we could see it live....
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By Cynde Lee on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 6:53 pm: |
wow jake, i don't think you were shaking the camera too much! absolutely amazing! thanks for sharing.
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By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 7:18 pm: |
Amazing Jake, certainly something most people will never see…I’m sure it will be even better once I get DSL.
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By Annette Bursey on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 8:08 pm: |
Jake, That was abselutely fantastic. Amazing photography. Thank you for showing us something that I could never dream of seeing with my own eyes. Looking at it through your eyes is just as good. Annie B.
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By Faith M. Senie on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 9:16 pm: |
I just figured the swaying back and forth was surge... Made me feel like I was there...
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By James & Margarite Hix on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 9:47 pm: |
My wife and I just watched your coral spawn XXX video.....are you selling these short videos?
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By Robert Grover on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 9:58 pm: |
We are arriving on Sept 28th, and might be able to catch some of the action if in deed it does happen from the 26th-28th of September. I looks like we will be planning to do a night dive on our day of arrival. Does anyone have a suggestion as to which site to try. We will be staying at the Plaza.
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By Cynde Lee on Friday, August 30, 2002 - 10:25 pm: |
robert, unless you have been diving on bonaire within the last year of your arrival, you will have to wait until your second night to dive...as you will have to go through orientation at toucan prior to diving on the island...our first night we night snorkeled, and there was enough soft coral in the shallows to see some great colors and lots of other cool stuff. have a great time!
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By Carole Baker on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 12:56 am: |
That's some amazing footage, Jake. Thanks for being so patient and for taking the time to load it up for us to experience. Do all of the "cells" eventually "erupt", too? Or is there just one, single one which does the actual spawning? Just curious. Thanks again. Carole
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By Bas on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 7:19 am: |
Carole,
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By Sarah on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 8:37 am: |
That was just wonderful Jake... thanks for sharing it.. Q: did you see any activity from the female Cavernosa?
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By Robert Grover on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 9:52 am: |
Carole,
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By Cynde Lee on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 11:46 am: |
great robert! have a wonderful time!
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By Bob Gibson on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 11:48 am: |
Jake,
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By Carole Baker on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 12:11 pm: |
Thanks, Bas. Yes, her shots are totally awesome...Ellen's works just blow me away...she is such a natural talent when it comes to photography. Ellen's looks like a starburst into the skies... beautiful. Carole
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By Cynde Lee on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 1:18 pm: |
ok sarah, what does a female Cavernosa look like?
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By Sandra Price on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 2:26 pm: |
Really great camera work, Jake ~
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By Brian on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 2:45 pm: |
Jake
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By Cynde Lee on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 4:38 pm: |
brian, so is that a female?
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By Kay Powers on Sunday, September 1, 2002 - 12:06 am: |
Great footage Jake...Gosh I wish I was there to see it first hand.
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By Brian on Sunday, September 1, 2002 - 11:05 am: |
Cynde
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Monday, September 2, 2002 - 12:06 pm: |
Wow - don't check BonaireTalk for a weekend, and look what happens - questions galore. I'll have to see if I can answer them all in one message:
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Monday, September 2, 2002 - 12:32 pm: |
Oh, here are a few more captures from the video from that night - not great quality, but it was a fun dive: Spotted Lobster Teardrop Crab & Shrimp Banded Coral Shrimp Bonnetmouth - My first one ever! Brittle star & Flame Scallop/File Clam Sharpnose Puffer sleeping/camouflaging on ReefCam Mooring Peacock Flounder sleeping/camouflaging on ReefCam Mooring Very odd looking crusctacean attract by our lights - about 3 inches long, fast swimming, translucent. Jake
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By Cynde Lee on Monday, September 2, 2002 - 3:16 pm: |
wow jake, great photos...the sleeping puffer is very cool...so i guess the mooring block provides a virtual slumber party every night
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By Sarah on Monday, September 2, 2002 - 5:57 pm: |
Yes Jake, nice pics..
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By El Caringo on Monday, September 2, 2002 - 9:32 pm: |
Great Work Jake, thanks for sharing.
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By Kay Powers on Monday, September 2, 2002 - 9:34 pm: |
Jake,
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Tuesday, September 3, 2002 - 6:21 am: |
I use a Sony PC-100. I think that Sony has a PC-120 or even later out - I'd suggest getting the latest one in that series as the image quality does get better, as does the still photo capability. And there are usually ample choices for housings for Sony video cameras.
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By sherry baker on Tuesday, September 3, 2002 - 2:34 pm: |
thanks for sharing jake. nice for us folks who are landlocked!!!
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By seb schulherr on Thursday, September 5, 2002 - 1:21 pm: |
Jake, you could see his dorsal and know it's not a Boga? they sure look the same in the Reef Fish book, it says that is the only way to differentiate them. I saw a slew of them at Weber's Joy on Monday.
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By seb schulherr on Thursday, September 5, 2002 - 1:32 pm: |
Jake, you could see his dorsal and know it's not a Boga? they sure look the same in the Reef Fish book, it says that is the only way to differentiate them. I saw a slew of them at Weber's Joy on Monday.
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By seb schulherr on Thursday, September 5, 2002 - 1:33 pm: |
The star pic loses something in the downsizing
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By seb schulherr on Thursday, September 5, 2002 - 1:38 pm: |
Lets try this one
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By Ida Christie on Friday, September 6, 2002 - 4:06 pm: |
Thats just too neat!
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Friday, September 6, 2002 - 5:01 pm: |
Very sure it's a bonnetmouth and not a boga. Size is one differentiator too - the Bonnetmouth was quite a bit bigger, and the coloration and fin shapes were not quite the same as bogas (which I see frequently on dives).
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By Ellen Muller on Friday, September 6, 2002 - 7:09 pm: |
Seb, how about this one (animated gif) for the brittle star spawn.....?
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By Cynde Lee on Friday, September 6, 2002 - 7:50 pm: |
ellen, what the...? can you please give me a play by play? i can't figure out for the life of me what is going on there!
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By seb schulherr on Friday, September 6, 2002 - 11:04 pm: |
Ellen, that is too awesome, I bow to a greater power.
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By Ellen Muller on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 1:20 am: |
Cynde, the brittle star in the gif climbed up on top of the coral head, lifted itself up and swayed a moment before releasing it's mass of eggs. I must say it was much more impressive to watch than the "male" brittle stars that were languishing lazily and releasing their sperm smoke clouds without much effort or show of any kind! Here are the last two pics that I used in the gif in a larger size so you can see what is happening better.
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By Brian on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 1:31 am: |
Ellen
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By Cynde Lee on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 12:40 pm: |
ellen, thanks. my monitor at home is small, and i couldn't see the eggs..wow! how big was this star? this convinces me i really need to get a prescription mask and add the sticky bifocals once this season is over...i am missing way too much!
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By Ginny Stokes on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 1:00 pm: |
Cynde, I think we need to move to Bonaire, and dive as frequently as Ellen & others on Bonaire do, in order to catch the wonders they are sharing with us!
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By Jeff Farris on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 1:30 pm: |
Cynde, this is off the topic at hand, but I thought I should throw this in. Don't mess with the sticky bifocals. They come off after a while and when they are loose but not gone, they are worse than nothing at all.
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By Cynde Lee on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 1:46 pm: |
jeff, thanks for the info. wow, went to their site and they are close to me! i am calling fist thing monday morning. glad you have experience with them! i have another research dive on the 19th, and they do rush orders, think i will try to get mine done before then
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By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 5:10 pm: |
Very cool Ellen, I've never seen anything like it!
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By Carole Baker on Saturday, September 7, 2002 - 9:33 pm: |
Thank you Ellen and thank you Jeff! I use a prescription mask, myself, and probably need to have it made stronger...it is probably five years old now. Nearsighted, but as I am getting older, it is tougher to read that fine print, too! LOL. I could not believe the difference in what I was seeing once I started using the prescription mask! Wow!
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