I had dived in Makako Bay, Hawai’i, many times over many years without seeing a single knobby sea star. The first time I encountered one, however, it wasn’t just one, but more than a hundred of them together. They were all gone a day later, and I haven’t seen one since.
Equipment: Olympus PEN E-PL10, 14-42mm zoom lens with a wet wide-angle diopter, AOI Octo housing, two Sea & Sea YS-D3 strobesSettings: 1/50 sec, f/13, ISO 250Location: Florida Keys, Florida Smalltooth […]
A few white southern right whales are born each year, but this leucistic trait is not a permanent feature. Their coloration usually gives way to a lighter gray in adulthood, indicating they were white at birth and distinguishing them from the more common darker whales.
