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UNDERWATER DREAMING

by: KNUCKLEHEAD

Fri Jun 25, 2010 at 23:52:06 PM EDT

(look what greed has cost us - promoted by RiaD)

As I previously stated, I would only post images of underwater life from the oceans of our planet, which I`ve stolen a little of, to put in my reef tanks, till the oil gusher is stopped.
That`s the least I can do.
I feel so much for the people on the gulf coast.
I want as many people as possible to see what is being devastated below the surface, even if it aggravates their sorrow at what is being devastated above it. The only way for the gulf coasters to be "made whole" is if all the damages are brought to the light of day.
I`m sorry for all you are going through.
I hope my little bit helps.
I live on the California coast, so I know how your paradise feels to you.
I`ll start off with a shot of my coast, which I will defend as much as I`ll try & defend yours.

BEACH NEIGHBOR

KNUCKLEHEAD :: UNDERWATER DREAMING

PYGMY ANGEL

REEF CREST

TIGER CUCUMBER

LOBOPHYILYIA (?)

HAWKFISH

BLUE LEGGED HERMIT CRAB

BLUE LABIA

GREEN BUBBLE CORAL
(NIGHT SHOT)

REEF FACE , CLEANER WRASSE

YELLOW TANG, ELEPHANT EAR

BAND OF BROTHERS
A Maroon Clownfish, stealing food from in an Elephant Ear,
while a Tang, a Hawkfish & a Pygmy Angel look for scraps

PYGMY ANGEL HEAVEN

MAROON CLOWNFISH
(One of the most obstinate fish I`ve ever had.)

BRANCHING CORAL

REVERSE GOLDEN TAIL EEL

CLEANER WRASSE

NATURAL LIGHT

BANGAII

GREEN BUBBLE with OCELLARIS

REVERSE GOLDENTAIL EEL

GREEN ZOAS

SCARLET CLEANER SHRIMP
(Up close)

NIGHT STAR

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UNDERWATER DREAMING | 38 comments

Dream waves (15.00 / 11)

My heart belongs to the people of the gulf, & all the animals on the planet.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 03:53:33 AM UTC

my heart's with yours, knucklehead (15.00 / 8)

thank you for these amazing photos

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 04:30:15 AM UTC

Newpioneer (15.00 / 8)

I`m often a stranger till Friday rolls around, so I may not be up on the news.
I hope your partner is doing well & I hope to soon see more pix of your equine baby.
Thank you for sharing your heart.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 04:34:56 AM UTC

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thank you so much, knucklehead (15.00 / 7)

both Juan and baby Dreamer are good. we've also had new additions to the family! new kids!

and here's an essay I posted with pics for Dreamer's 1 month birthday here

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 04:58:45 AM UTC

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KH: your pics are too depressing BUT (12.25 / 8)

we all need to see what BP has destroyed.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White

by: Youffraita @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 05:26:49 AM UTC

Youffraita (15.00 / 5)

Exactly, I won`t let them get away with anything if I can help it.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 00:05:27 AM UTC

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Spent a couple of days... (15.00 / 6)

...this week out at the Oregon Coast, Florence and Newport. Couldn't help but think what our Sea Lion Caves would look like if BP was hanging around and killing our waters, too.

I also remember growing up, when New Jersey's beaches closed in the 1980's because waste haulers couldn't care less what happened to the medical waste they dumped at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island.

I'll start off with a shot of my coast, which I will defend as much as I`ll try & defend yours.

Oregon Brigade checking in!

It's time we all started kicking ass...

Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones...

by: JayinPortland @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 06:48:20 AM UTC

JayinPortland (15.00 / 7)

Divided we fall, multiplied we stand.
I`ll post this & check your link.
I sometimes get "Writer`s Block"

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 07:14:03 AM UTC

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These are beautiful, KH!! (15.00 / 8)

Thanks for posting these pics and sharing them with us.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

by: mplo @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 13:48:44 PM UTC

mplo (15.00 / 5)

Thank You very much.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 00:06:38 AM UTC

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Ils sont tous si jolie, (14.60 / 5)

mais triste a la fois!

Merci!

by: Tahoe @ Sat Jun 26, 2010 at 21:53:58 PM UTC

Tahoe, (15.00 / 4)

C`est exactement vrais, et il faut que tous le monde comprhende ce qu`ils ont fait.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 00:20:19 AM UTC

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Ca c'est la (15.00 / 3)

part de nous, tous, cher Knuck!

Ont faut repeter la message sans arrete!

by: Tahoe @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 03:18:24 AM UTC

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I too thank you knuck (14.17 / 6)

I look forward to your post and I am mesmerized by each pic.

You are so wise in your quest..

As I previously stated, I would only post images of underwater life from the oceans of our planet

as it is easy to disregard and destroy what one can not see.

Not seeing is not an option when you post your pics.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart as I stand with you and Jay on the pacific coast as a soldier to protect and weep with you for the gulf.

by: Kathleen @ Sun Jun 27, 2010 at 01:27:43 AM UTC

Beautifully said, Katheen! n/t (12.67 / 6)

by: Tahoe @ Sun Jun 27, 2010 at 02:48:41 AM UTC

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Tahoe (15.00 / 6)

Yes, that`s for sure.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 00:38:22 AM UTC

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Kathleen (13.00 / 6)

Thank you for joining myself & others who may live on our coasts, to press the love we have for them, in solidarity with those on the gulf who are losing theirs.
We have to convince those who do not live on the coasts that shores are not only of water, but mountaintops, forests & animals above & below our human lines of sight.

"If you don`t know what you`re doing, you might kill the gulf"
Knucklehead

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 00:37:45 AM UTC

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I Always Like Your PIcs, Knuck (15.00 / 4)

Even if I don't always comment.

Last week the wife and I went to Rickett's Glenn State Park. It's a 3-hour drive, so we didn't intend to do a lot of hiking. We just wanted to see if it's a place we want to camp. It is.

The plan is to drive up, spend the night in a tent, and then hike the falls trail. There are 21 named falls along that trail.

We didn't have time, the day we were there, to hike to any of those 21 falls, but there's another right next to the road; Adam's falls. Very close to the parking lot. I'd forgotten my camera, so I could only take a picture with my crappy cell phone.

We hike a bit, maybe a half mile, each way from the parking lot. The trail is nice, but I suspect near the falls (one of them is 94 feet!) it gets a little hairy.

I don't really wonder, any more, why I like getting away from civilization so much. ;->

by: Timbuk3 @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 14:59:46 PM UTC

Timbuk3 (15.00 / 5)

We often need to escape the travails of our daily lives.
I love small river/creek waterfalls.
I hope you do follow through on camping, & hiking the trail.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 17:38:47 PM UTC

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knucklehead (15.00 / 3)

the princess loooved these pictures. we looked at them over & over. she likes finding eyes on things just now...
her favourites are the hawkfish, blue legged crab & eels
running a close second are yellow tang & pygmy angel heaven

starting today i'll be putting your essays on the FrontPage every afternoon
as long as you post on this subject, on what this greed has done, i'll FP it
how does four-ish sound?
say... somewhere between four & four-thirty??
(^.^)

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 15:25:49 PM UTC

Riad (12.50 / 6)

Thank you,
I`m glad my images are being used as teaching aides.
If you post them everyday, I`ll post images for any commenter.
In the meantime here`s those tomatoes.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 16:57:41 PM UTC

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wow! (10.75 / 4)

fantastic! i wish my tomatoes looked so good!

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 21:14:30 PM UTC

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Those aren't tomatoes, RiaD!!!!! (6.25 / 4)

Thank you for causing a "tribute" and using Knuck's superior images . . . . . I can't finish the rest of my thoughts -- too painful!

by: Tahoe @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 22:38:04 PM UTC

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heh!!! (13.67 / 3)

them some very SPECIAL maters!

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 22:48:14 PM UTC

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Newpioneer (12.40 / 5)

What, "Special Maters"!!
That`s what the Hermit crab is thinking, in his defenseless position.

OH NOES!!

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 02:16:59 AM UTC

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Tahoe (15.00 / 5)

Don`t let the pain burst your bubble.

GREEN BUBBLE HAWKFISH

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 02:14:12 AM UTC

[ Parent ]

Merci, Knuck! (15.00 / 4)

by: Tahoe @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 03:28:39 AM UTC

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RiaD (13.60 / 5)

This Hawkfish looks down on those who don`t know the difference.

HAUGHTY HAWKFISH

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 02:12:50 AM UTC

[ Parent ]

thanks from the heart, Ria... (11.50 / 4)

for keeping this front and center

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 20:30:36 PM UTC

Newpioneer (15.00 / 5)

I second the emotion.

GOBY

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 02:17:53 AM UTC

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A CAPELLA (15.00 / 4)

Here you go RiaD

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 21:18:30 PM UTC

ahhhh! (15.00 / 3)

thank you knucklehead!
our princess will love this one when she gets back here on friday!

& thank you for these essays each week.

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Tue Jun 29, 2010 at 23:01:01 PM UTC

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Daily dreaming (15.00 / 4)

Comet Flyby

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Thu Jul 01, 2010 at 00:26:45 AM UTC

O! (13.33 / 3)

knucklehead!
that is wonderful. i LOVE this fish!

btw~
how is your grand boy? the fishy master....

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Thu Jul 01, 2010 at 01:48:29 AM UTC

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RiaD (13.20 / 5)

We had a big party for him on his first Birthday, about two months ago.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Thu Jul 01, 2010 at 04:04:10 AM UTC

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gha! (13.67 / 3)

he's gorgeous! amazing blue eyes... i bet they twinkle like stars!!

here's our princess (taken in may at the majik boy's birthday party)

who knows... maybe they'll meet one day!

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Thu Jul 01, 2010 at 13:18:54 PM UTC

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Speechless in MS (14.33 / 3)

Thanks Knucklehead for the magnificent photos and the considerate words and thanks Ria for keeping this front and center. I haven't much been able to comment on the situation down here near the Gulf. It alternately makes me very very angry and very very sad. And now, even me and Haley Bubba can't keep our heads stuck in the sand anymore because we'd get our heads covered with nasty stinking toxic sludge... I am of kindred spirit with all of the wild things in the sea - but that video of the pods of dolphins, oh my god the dolphins...

I grew up loving dolphins and as I've grown older I've learned to love them as true kindred spirits. Thinking mammals of the sea, dolphins and whales are really so much like us that it absolutely makes me cringe to think of the dolphins and whales choking to death in oil, watching their family members die off in agony around them...

Though I have grown to detest those who capture and train wild dolphins and whales, I still can't help but give some sort of thanks to those humans who made Flipper, the TV series. But mostly, I love Flipper...This is what they have killed, times a thousand or three, in reality and inside me...

"In proportion to the vigor of the individual, these revolutions are frequent, until in some happier mind they are incessant..." R.W.Emerson - Compensation

by: incessantrevolutions @ Thu Jul 01, 2010 at 23:44:02 PM UTC

incessantrevolutions (14.00 / 2)

Thanks,
I`m so bummed about your gulf coast.
My feelings of anger are twisted & confused, like the tentacles of my Purple Anemone.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Fri Jul 02, 2010 at 01:40:39 AM UTC

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