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Much to my surprise, I got more good photos from my Cozumel trip than I could use in
the trip report. So I created this photo gallery as a place to show all of the
photos from the trip. Click on any image to see a larger version of that same image.
A purple ball anemone nestled into the reef
Anne sidles up to a school of bluestriped grunts
An arrow crab hides between two sponges
An arrow crab rests in an azure vase sponge, along with a sea pearl.
An azure vase sponge grows on the reef
This young azure vase sponge was only two inches tall!
A barred hamlet cruises the reef
These almost-transparent blennies are hard to spot, and even harder to photograph!
I'm having trouble getting a positive ID on this one. Does anyone know what it
is? If so, please email me.
This indigo hamlet posed nicely for me.
I didn't see many blue tangs in Cozumel's waters, but I saw plenty of juveniles of the
species!
Black durgons are notoriously difficult to photograph. This is one of only a few
decent pictures of them I have ever taken.
I didn't see many adult french angels, either, but juveniles of the species were
everywhere.
A bluestriped grunt against the reef.
Another bluestriped grunt, this one in mid water
A sea fan reaches into the current at Palancar Caves.
A pipehorse drifts near the algae in which it lives.
Another pipehorse clings to its holdfast.
Oracio's hand shows just how small the pipehorse is.
A porkfish poses above the reef.
A queen triggerfish swims near the sand.
Rock beauties are another species which I have found difficult to photograph. This
one cooperated nicely.
A squirrelfish poses.
It took a lot of searching through Humann's book for me to ID this fish as an
intial-phase yellowhead wrasse.
A juvenile yellowtail damselfish pauses long just enough for me to trigger the shutter.