sand

I had the pleasure of working with Hakai magazine to compile a photo essay from my shots of animals living on, and under the sand in tropical oceans. Having spent a lot of time in Dauin/Negros, Philippines, I had a lot of images of sand dwellers. Hakai magazine was great to work with, with very...

I wrote a tutorial about the strategies of marine animals for living and surviving in the sand. It's not a trivial challenge for a small fish or shrimp not to get eaten when living on a featureless sandy plane. That's the advantage of coral reefs - many places to hide. Not so in the sand. So...

I recently got the Olympus OM-D E-M1 (plus 60mm macro lens) with the Olympus housing, and I love it, it’s an awesome camera (some samples here). I did however have 2 very odd leaks in about 20 dives with the camera: - The leaks started only after about 10 minutes of diving, at about 12-15...

Hi folks, While playing with my grand daughter in 2 ft of water at Jekyll Island beach we found many sand dollars, hermit crabs etc. But we also found several creatures I could not ID using Google. It looks like a small (1") sand dollar but has a long (4-5") soft purple stem that ends with a...