These photos were taken offshore Belize while diving aboard MV Sun Dancer,
with a Canon 1Ds Mark II camera and dual Inon z220 strobes. All images are
copyright 2006 by Bruce Yates.
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Arrow blenny (1 inch)
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Neck crab (1 inch across)
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Secretary blenny (size of pencil eraser)
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Hawksbill turtle (2-3 ft long)
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Yellow-headed jawfish (2 inches long)
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Rock beauty (6-8 inches) with pillar coral
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Queen triggerfish (10-12 inches)
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Nassau grouper (2 ft long) being cleaned by tiny cleaner wrasses
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Stingray (3 ft long) with companion jack (1 ft long)
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Goliath grouper (5-6 ft long, approx. 200lbs)
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Goliath grouper face
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Diver with sponges
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Sponges
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Vase sponge
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Sponges (yellow one with bites out of it - likely by angelfish)
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Jacks and Bermuda chubs beneath boat
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Midnight parrotfish (3 ft long) creating "sand"
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Grey angelfish
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Peacock flounder (1 ft)
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Peacock flounder face
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Peacock flounder eye
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Ocean triggerfish with rainbow runner as companion
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Divers in blue water searching for whale sharks (unsuccessfully)
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Divers in blue water searching for whale sharks
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Divers hanging in blue water watching for whale sharks
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Filefish (1-2 inches) in open blue water using Doug's video camera as a haven
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Creole wrasses (6-10 inches long) at cleaning station
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Creole wrasse (8-10 inches) at cleaning station
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Indigo hamlet (8 inches)
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Grey angelfish (1 ft long)
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French angelfish (1 ft long)
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French angelfish
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French angelfish
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Tarpon (3 ft long)
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Tarpon face
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Tarpon flushing gills
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