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Beneath The Red Sea In Photos
FII recently led a liveaboard free diving charter to the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt out of Marsa Alam. Photos from that trip are reproduced below. More to come ...
A satellite view of some of the stops during the trip. Some of flew into Cairo at the top, connected to Hurghada by plane then drove overland to Marsa Alam. There we boarded the MV Miracle of Life owned by the Lighthouse Dive Center and headed out into the Red Sea. We averaged about three dives per day in widely varying locales. Deep blue water, walls and dropoffs into the void, great conditions! Goatfish just like back home Honza Musil, are capable Lighthouse Dive Center rep dives out of the sun Martin Stepanek scooters along Never felt sorry for a jellyfish before. EVERYTHING would take a bite out of these things as they drifted past. Must taste like fish cookies or something. A solitary dugong (manatee relative) grazes along Brett motors off the reef Lucie glides along Scooter diving can be habit forming, tons of fun and freedom No end of great dropoffs The shallow top of the reefs were particularly vibrant Going up? Sled time. Clowning around in a shag bathroom rug Someone has to clean up, vacuuming the grass beds Brett collects field data from free divers on the trip Flying through the blue Mickey (Mouse?), my "ship of the desert" in repose by the pyramids Planning the next dive A satellite view of Sataya or Dolphin Reef in the south Honza over an unidentified wreck from the 1950's. How many divers does it take to assemble a sled ... Lots! Barbara saddles up for a 30 m drop as Honza looks on Martin ascends I kept looking for one of these tridacna's that would be large enough to grab Tarzan's leg and hold him down but no joy. Must have moved to Hollywood or maybe Catalina? That's a start, more to come. Thanks again to: FII, Martin, David, Niki and Bret http://www.freedivinginstructors.com/ The Lighthouse Dive Center, Honza and the able crew on the MV Miracle One and in Hurghada http://www.dahabdive.com/ __________________
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi Last edited by ricki; 09-29-2009 at 03:29 PM. |
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... and some more.
Peter lines up a shot Coming up on Dolphin Reef, what will we find? Looking over Shaab Claudia. The approximate positions of the caves are marked in red. Video to follow scootering through the lot. Entering a grotto at Shaab Claudia The sled trial reef, anyone recall the name of this place? Has a real nice dropoff! Peter and Niki ascend Another look at the sled trial reef There are still more images to process and upload, stay tuned.
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Great photos.
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amazing
Amazing photos Rick, I spent 6 months working and backpacking in Israel and one of my jobs was working on a boat in the Red Sea. The reefs there are amazing, we never had a day of bad visibility. Looking at your pics brings back some great memories. Thanks.
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Thanks guys! Greg you have covered a lot of interesting ground, must have a ton of great stories to go with. The Red Sea is an intriguing place and we hit only a small portion of it. Did you ever visit the reefs south of Egypt off Sudan, Eritrea or Yeman?
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missed out
Hey Rick, I missed out on those places, I almost made it down to Dahab for a few weeks , but we ended up getting stuck in the desert during a flood and had to abandon that trip.
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Here are a few more ...
Martin shoots video over the unknown wreck off Abu Galawa Reef pastels reminiscent of a Charles Beebe undersea monograph from the 1920's Resting in a coral canyon at 20 m off Sha'ab Claudia Shooting in a truly target rich environment There is something so compelling about the deep blue. It really draws you in and down.
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