Friday's (5/7) Maui pics

[Gilligan]

Where's Waldo ?
Green Lionfish (Dendrochirus barberi)
Manual Mode, F5.6 Macro, 1/100, Inon Strobe

Blue-Spotted Urchin (Astropyga radiata)
Manual Mode, F7.0 Macro, 1/160, Inon Strobe

 

[Dee]

Waldo is hidden very well! Ok, I have to ask....what is that bubble thing on top of the urchin? Looks kinda like there's eggs inside. Whatizit?

 

[JRO]

Wow...that urchin looks like an underwater fireworks display.

 

[pipedope]

thanks for posting them

 

[Gilligan]

The bubble thing on top of the urchin is ahhh, ummmm, ahhh, it's rectum and the light colored pellets inside is the feces. When that sack is empty it retracts inside the urchin except for the small red dot on top and a small amount of the area around it. The process then repeats itself.
(not kidding)

 

[Dee]

Aww...sheesh.....it should have gotten behind a bush!

 

[chippy]

Looks like that urchin got a bad case of piles then LOL

Great pics as usual Gilligan!!

 

[justleesa]

Very niiice...thanks for getting back in the water!