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GULF COAST DISTRACTIONS

by: KNUCKLEHEAD

Fri Jul 30, 2010 at 22:12:50 PM EDT

(4ish~
- promoted by RiaD)

Being Friday again, I`m here to try & keep the gulf coast on the minds of as many people as possible.
Lately I feel that the media is trying to give the gulf, the bum`s rush. We keep hearing about wrapping up the booming under the guise that booms do deteriorate. I can`t argue that, but let`s have new booms available & on hand, since this is hurricane season.
I will not be sold on wrapping up the gulf cleanup till they at least plug the well permanently, & keep monitoring the gulf for the next few years.
Right now Bob Cavnar is speaking on TV & mentioned the posters at Daily Kos, specifically the ones guiding everyone through this disaster with the Mothership & it`s "Babies" (my qualifier)
He is also one of the people I listen to & believe, when I see him on the big TV machine, over any one else on their Propaganda machine.
I normally post my images as distractions from all the travails of our daily lives in these trying times, but these are not to distract, but to point you towards what some would have you be distracted from. Please do not fall for that old ploy.
Even if the specimens I post do not all live in the gulf environment, they are the best I can post from these taken in my reef tanks.

Twilight of the Gods
(Shot at a friend`s outdoor tank around the corner)

KNUCKLEHEAD :: GULF COAST DISTRACTIONS

PURPLE ACROPRA

BAD HAIR DAY

GIANT CUP MOUTH

WRONG PASSWORD

SATED ELEPHANT EAR
(Giant Cup)

CEANER WRASSE
(Green Bubble Coral)

CORAL BANDED SHRIMP
(On reef crest)

FORE REEF

SOFT CORAL

OCELLARIS
(Under Bubble Coral)

CLEANER WRASSE

ON THE LOOKOUT

WATCHING THE ACTION

TOMATO CLOWNFISH
(With Rose Anemone)

BANAN APEEL

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

TAMALE TOM
(Tomato Clownfish Rose Anemone)

PYGMY ANGEL

GREEN TORCH MASSAGE

OCELLARIS & PURPLE ANEMONE

REEF CREST

TWILIGHT OF THE GODS

GULF GUARDIAN

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GULF COAST DISTRACTIONS | 22 comments

Who`s got the beat (15.00 / 8)

Our planet.

Cross-posted whereever I usually do.
If you`re in those ares, stop on in.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jul 31, 2010 at 02:15:33 AM UTC

More beautiful photos of more beautiful fish!! My god, KH! (14.33 / 6)

How do you do it? Keep up the good work, as I enjoy looking at these photos.

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

by: mplo @ Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 00:14:11 AM UTC

mplo (13.00 / 6)

Thank you very much.

I just keep on shooting pix.
Keep watching & I`ll keep posting them.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Aug 02, 2010 at 05:58:39 AM UTC

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You're welcome, KH! (15.00 / 4)

I'll keep my eyes peeled!

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

by: mplo @ Tue Aug 03, 2010 at 05:08:13 AM UTC

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mplo (9.00 / 2)

You do that, & you never know what surprises I have in store.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 07:31:30 AM UTC

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O my (14.50 / 4)

each week your pics astound me....
i can only imagine diving & seeing a whole world like the one you show us here....
so many of these creatures seem so delicate, skin like thinnest tulle holding in a living being...
even the corals, although their skin be thicker, are such delicate beings....the tracery of their many limbs mimicking in a way the tracery of tree branches...
if fact in ever so many ways this under life reminds me of a set of twins on different paths....
one became fungus, the other anemone; one became coral, the other a tree....

thank you for showing me this world
♥~

"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 @ Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 13:27:41 PM UTC

RiaD (10.60 / 5)

Thank you for helping keep the gulf coast at the forefront in people`s minds.
I appreciate all you do.
I`m a small spoke in a big wheel.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Aug 02, 2010 at 06:09:23 AM UTC

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Thank you knuck (15.00 / 5)

I love your humor with bad hair day! The colors in pygmy angel blow me away and the last bad boy is a jewel with good reason looks really pissed off.

The oceans are us.......

by: Kathleen @ Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 13:59:42 PM UTC

Kathleen (12.17 / 6)

Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying.

Yes we are the world & I love you for being in mine.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Aug 02, 2010 at 06:19:02 AM UTC

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thanks, knucklehead... (13.00 / 5)

we won't be distracted
with the spin of their wheel -
hoping what our eyes don't see
our hearts won't feel.
where's the oil?
where the hell did it go?
and with this disingenuous meme
the media cheers the BP show.

but we won't be distracted
and we won't clap with zeal
for our eyes do see
and our hearts do feel.

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

by: newpioneer @ Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 21:37:18 PM UTC

Newpioneer (11.67 / 6)

Thank you for always coming up with such appropriate verses.
You should spread this one far & wide.
Is it OK if I do?

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Aug 02, 2010 at 06:21:28 AM UTC

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I wrote it for you, knucklehead (13.20 / 5)

so it's yours to use as you wish. thanks again for keeping the life of the Gulf close to our hearts

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

by: newpioneer @ Mon Aug 02, 2010 at 06:48:27 AM UTC

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Newpioneer (11.75 / 4)

Wow, I`m humbled.
I shall include it in my essays/diaries from now on.
Thank you so very much.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Aug 02, 2010 at 15:37:13 PM UTC

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believe me, my friend (15.00 / 1)

I'm the one humbled. any support I can give to your efforts is an honor.

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." ~ Anais Nin

thank you from the heart for opening the world of your sea life to me, I'll never forget

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

by: newpioneer @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 03:41:27 AM UTC

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newpioneer (13.00 / 2)

You are very welcome.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 07:30:21 AM UTC

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This may be of interest, Knuck (15.00 / 4)

Scientists trace where sea life is ... and isn't

Even before oil spill, Gulf of Mexico rated among most diverse and threatened marine habitats, Census of Marine Life reports.

It's a picture article.

by: Timbuk3 @ Tue Aug 03, 2010 at 03:24:45 AM UTC

Timbuk3 (15.00 / 2)

Thank you for that link.
I`m always extremely interested in the latest when it comes to marine life.
While we still discover new species on land we must remember it only comprises 30% of the planet`s surface & is basically in two dimensions.
So we can also imagine what 70% of the planet`s surface holds in store & it is in 3 dimensions.
More people have walked on the moon than have been just one half mile below the surface of the oceans.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 07:29:09 AM UTC

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Please Consider Donating to Gulf Restoration Network (11.00 / 3)

I know these people=> Gulf Restoration Network.
I have had the privilege of working with them in the past on issues of great importance to my community and my state and the southeast. You will not find a better organization or group of people to invest in if you want to help keep the Gulf in the spotlight and help restore it.
You can read the blog here.
You can see the people here.
You can read about a few of their victories here.
You can donate here.
You can see the impressive list of other organizations who trust the GRN with their money here.

Please consider posting this info at other blogs.

Thank you, fireflies...

"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 @ Tue Aug 03, 2010 at 05:48:02 AM UTC

incessantrevolutions (9.67 / 3)

Thank you for the links.
I shall check them out tomorrow & include some in my next gulf diary.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 07:11:25 AM UTC

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thank YOU, irev! (8.00 / 2)

great links

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

by: newpioneer @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 19:00:57 PM UTC

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Sweetie...I'm not sure which (15.00 / 2)

Kossack you're referring to -- a lot of different people have done the Gulf Mothership & all the "baby" ships -- but I suspect it's Fishgrease. He has written extensively on booming & stuff & while I don't exactly remember all his credentials, he's one of the few with major experience about deepwater drilling. IF there's a Kossack with credentials in the field being interviewed on TV - my guess is Fishgrease.

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 @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 00:41:14 AM UTC

Youffraita (14.50 / 2)

I concur with everything you say, but Fishgrease would never appear on TV (his words) but his good friend Bob Cavnar does.
I mentioned him in the text of the diary.
I also rec the mothership everyday

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 07:06:58 AM UTC

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