Dive Details |
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Location |
Dragon Besar, Rinca Island, Indonesia |
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Date |
24 August, 2012 |
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Time |
5:31pm - 6:40pm |
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Details |
The thirteenth dive on the Pa Siren trip and the first on Rinca Island.
This was a sunset dive to look at the mandarinfish and picturesque dragonets spawning (which they do at sunset). It was a matter of finding a good spot and just watching (and taking photographs. Once it got dark the were a few cuttlefish around, too. |
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Buddy |
Joh Mckeon, Sheree Papuni |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
5 metres |
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Duration |
69 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
6.1 m |
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Average depth |
2.3 m |
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Water temperature |
25.6°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon D7000 |
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Lens |
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6801.70 |
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Lens port |
Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41 |
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Strobe |
2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161 |
Photographs |
Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.
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Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 2.8 m. |
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Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus. 2.3 m. |
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Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus. 2.4 m. |
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Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m. |
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Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m. |
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Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m. |
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Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.2 m. |
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Picturesque dragonet, Synchiropus picturatus. 2.3 m. |
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Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 2.3 m. |
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Banded croal shrimp, Stenopus hispidus. 2.4 m. |
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Coral shrimpfish, Aeoliscus strigatus. 2.1 m. |
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Coral shrimpfish, Aeoliscus strigatus. 1.8 m. |
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Cuttlefish, Sepia sp. 1.6 m. |
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Red lionfish, Pterois antennata. 1.6 m. |
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