ST KITTS & NEVIS 2 - 6/16-23 2015

All but the red frogfish
were seen at one spot on one dive site,
Anchors Away, on Wednesday, 20 May
after lunch.

Frogfish

The yellow frogfish I found on my own (no guide to point to it).
Very exciting! (It was near another frogfish that I did have pointed out to me.)
I was queued up waiting my turn to photograph the black frogfish,
studying the reef and looking for other small critters,
when practically in front of my face I spotted the yellow frogfish.,
When I got back on the boat I got to tell Josh, Dave, Cathy & Ashley where I found it;,
they were not aware two were in that area.

CLICK ON EITHER PICTURE TO SEE A FROGFISH IN ACTION

One of the dive guides
posted pictures of baby frogfish
near the yellow black pair.
The babies were about
the length of a little fingernail.
Ashley sent me photos of juvenile frogfish she found.

Photo courtesy Ashley Cross

Smooth trunkfish [Lactophrys triqueter]

Dive guide Josh Farmer shows us the hot sands off Saba.
All the sand there is dark gray from the pumice.
The yellow areas are from sulfur leaching off the hot gasses
that rise from magma vents deep below. The sand radiates heat,
and you can stick your hand into it and feel the warmth.
(Not hot enough to burn.) The most recent eruption on Saba,
the northernmost active volcano of the West Indies,
occurred sometime in the early 1600's.
The volcano on the Island of Montserrat last erupted in 1995
and has been under observation for 20 years.
At the end of the week in St. Kitts,
the air was very cloudy with particles from Montserrat.

Another variant of the lettuce sea slug

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All but the red frogfish were seen at one spot on one dive site, Anchors Away, on Wednesday, 20 May after lunch.
Frogfish The yellow frogfish I found on my own (no guide to point to it). Very exciting! (It was near another frogfish that I did have pointed out to me.) I was queued up waiting my turn to photograph the black frogfish, studying the reef and looking for other small critters, when practically in front of my face I spotted the yellow frogfish., When I got back on the boat I got to tell Josh, Dave, Cathy & Ashley where I found it;, they were not aware two were in that area. CLICK ON EITHER PICTURE TO SEE A FROGFISH IN ACTION
	One of the dive guides posted pictures of baby frogfish near the yellow black pair. The babies were about the length of a little fingernail. Ashley sent me photos of juvenile frogfish she found.
*Photo courtesy Ashley Cross* Smooth trunkfish [Lactophrys triqueter] Dive guide Josh Farmer shows us the hot sands off Saba. All the sand there is dark gray from the pumice. The yellow areas are from sulfur leaching off the hot gasses that rise from magma vents deep below. The sand radiates heat, and you can stick your hand into it and feel the warmth. (Not hot enough to burn.) The most recent eruption on Saba, the northernmost active volcano of the West Indies, occurred sometime in the early 1600's. The volcano on the Island of Montserrat last erupted in 1995 and has been under observation for 20 years. At the end of the week in St. Kitts, the air was very cloudy with particles from Montserrat.
Another variant of the lettuce sea slug