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We attended the annual Feast of Lanterns pageant in Pacific Grove. In the summer, it gets very foggy and cold here. Part of the pageant is a dragon that swims around in the water.
The pageant is about to get underway.
Lighting up some of the fireworks. The lovers transform into monarch butterflies!
The fireworks shooting up into the fog looked pretty cool.
Poor seals at the seal beach down the way did not like all the loud noises.
In preparation for the big Monterey Shootout Digital Underwater Photography Contest, Heather and I have been doing some diving around Monterey. We’ve found a reliable spot to locate Lions Mane Nudibranchs. The white thing that Heather is lighting up is one of those nudibranchs.
Found another one!
Doing macro photography is a challenge underwater.
Heather has really good buoyancy control to make these shots work.
We have been doing some diving around Monterey after work. A friend of ours in town has a boat that we occasionally go out on. Some of the offshore sites are quite fabulous.
A big school of blue rock fish was hanging out on this pinnacle.
Heather hunting for nudibranchs.
A few cup corals.
Some fish watching Heather hunt for nudibranchs.
On the big pipe at San Carlos Beach looking for nudibranchs.
The two of us hunting for stuff.
Nudibranch hunting.
Tons of blue rock fish in the kelp!
Such a magnificent sight! Blue rock fish everywhere!
They were friendly!
The blue rock fish moving off into the deep.