Divebums: Photos of the Week #85

Photos of the Week #85

December 4, 2006

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	Phil Garner 11/30/2006 Redondo Beach Juvenile Giant Sea Bass Stereolepis gigas Fuji FinePix E900
	Jim Lyle 12/2/2006 Long Beach Oil Rig Eureka Juvenile Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus Rock Scallop Crassedoma giganteum Spiny Brittle Stars Ophiothrix spiculata Olympus E-330 Ikelite housing Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes 14-54 lens f/8, 1/100, ISO 200
	Jen Tople 12/2/2006 Baja California, Mexico La Bufadora California Sidegill Berthella californica
	Dan Schooler 12/2/2006 Baja California, Mexico La Bufadora Painted Greenling Oxylebius pictus Olympus Stylus 600 Internal Strobe
	Steve Nau 12/3/2006 Point Loma Abalone Unidentified Olympus C-50 Internal flash There is considerable question amongst local experts about which species this is. An attempt will be made to find them again and obtain a DNA sample to answer whether it's a known species or a hybrid. Later determined by DNA analysis to be Threaded Abalone (Haliotis assimilis).
	Terry Strait 12/2/2006 Point Loma Kelp California Moray Gymnothorax mordax California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus Giant Spined Star Pisaster giganteus Olympus 4040wz Ikelite housing Single DS50 substrobe with manual controller f/8, 1/60, ISO 100
	Cynthia Velazquez 12/3/2006 La Jolla Marine Room Tidepools at an extremely low tide
	Kevin Lee 12/3/2006 Laguna Beach Shaw's Cove Gray Moon Sponge Spheciospongia confoederata Olympus C-5060 Dual YS-90DX strobes
	Jim Metzger 12/4/2006 La Jolla Shores Octopus Octopus sp. Gould's Bubble Snails Bulla gouldiana Bluebanded Gobies Lythrypnus dalli Sealife DC500 Dual SL90D Strobes
	Dave Rudie 12/3/2006 Point Loma Ancient Sea Cliffs 90' Vermilion Rockfish Sebastes miniatus Olympus SP-350 Internal flash
	Steve Murvine 12/2/2006 Point Loma Train Wheels Spanish Shawl Flabellina iodinea Club-tipped Anemones Corynactis californica Sony DSC-N2
	Virginia Hatter 11/25/2006 La Jolla Shores Giant Sea Bass Stereolepis gigas $14.95 SNAPSIGHTS camera
	Dan Scanderbeg 12/3/2006 La Jolla Shores California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus Juvenile Blacksmith Chromis punctipinnis Canon A95 Canon housing
	Steve Gardner 12/2/2006 La Jolla Shores California Halibut Paralichthys californicus Olympus c5050z Two strobes f/8, 1/100, ISO 100 Supermacro mode
	Margaret Webb 12/2/2006 Long Beach Oil Rig Eureka Juvenile Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus Club-tipped Anemones Corynactis californica Olympus c5050 Dual Ikelite DS 125 strobes
	Tracy Clark 12/2/2006 La Jolla Shores Juvenile Giant Sea Bass Stereolepis gigas Nikon D70 60mm lens