Marsa Alam, the Egyptian Red Sea, April, 2006...


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Dolphins ride the bow wave of our boat on the way out to Elphinstone Reef...

The dolphins rode our bows for a good five minutes!

A solo dolphin swims in the blue...

Blue Spotted Ray...

Shoals of tiny fish inhabit the coral heads in droves...

A Masked Pufferfish...

A common jellyfish, Aurellia Aurita...

TJ's yellow costume attracts a shoal of juvenile Sergeants which followed her for a good ten minutes!!!

Leg number 2 of the Dread Zeppelin T shirt world tour...

A tiny hitch hiker caught a lift with us out to his fishing ground. Who says animals are dumb???

Close up of our hitch hiker - I am reliably informed that he is an African Bee Catcher...

A Red Sea Cod... well at least that's what we call 'em!

We were swimming along totally unaware that this Orange Spotted Trevally was tracking us only inches away!

An Emperor Angelfish inhabits a dark hole in the reef...

Not goldfish but the inevitable Anthias!

Goatfish at Marsa Torombi...

Goatfish...

A Red Sea Bannerfish...

Anthias over a coral head...

The reef...

More Anthias - they add immense swaths of bright orange...

We think this is a Red Sea Racoon Butterflyfish!!!

A Golden Butterflyfish...

A Butterflyfish slips behind a large coral head...

A large turtle with two attendant Remora at Marsa Abu Dabab...

I always thought Remoras hung on to carnivores for a free meal but turtles are veggies!!!

He was the second of the two turtles we saw at Marsa Abu Dabab whilst searching for Dennis the Dugong!

Close up of the Remoras on the turtle's back...

And finally....

Click me for the first of our Marsa Alam mini movies...

Click me for the second of our Marsa Alam mini movies...

a couple of movies!

 

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