19 May 2009

Team 2 Earthwatch Woodside TeachLive Day 5




Hello World!

Ningaloo; How's the serenity?!

If there is one thing more lovely than sitting out in a boat off Ningaloo Reef on a windless calm day with clear blue skies and shining turquoise waters then it would be this...

...cruising along under those same still, silent waters alongside a beheamoth of a creature that glides effortlessly along without so much of a care for anything around it, accompanied by a veritable aquarium of friends that includes everything from suckerfish to cobias and tiny fishlings to giant trevally.

The photos we got yesterday were great, the nonchalance of the whale sharks allowed heaps of time to swim into just the right position and then back around to the other side for more shots.

It was very rewarding today to actually identify the sharks using those same photos. In fact one of the sharks, one with a significant propellor scar on its back, was identified with a known shark that had photos of it as recent as three days ago without the scar, so obviously a recent event...

Take care, serenty seekers when you are out there on your boats and keep an eye out for our friends the whale sharks.

Damon

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