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The aquanauts gather at the dining table by the main window inside Aquarius to tell me about their experiments. (Photos by Tim Grollimund)
A few weeks ago, we discussed the giant barrel sponge mass spawning event on Molasses Reef. I interviewed Dr. Joe Pawlik from UNC Wilmington for the piece.
Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012 05:43 PM EDT
Annette Robertson on Wednesday uses a dive light to bring out the color of coral now encrusting gun mounts on the 'Spiegel Grove.' Those same gun mounts were easily recognizable in June 2002, a month after the ship was scuttled.
The hull of the Spiegel Grove, once so white that it seemed incandescent in the depths, now glows with a different bounty of undersea hues.
A decade since May 17, 2002, when the 510-foot retired U.S. Navy ship mostly vanished from the surface, the ocean has claimed the Spiegel Grove as its own. A luxuriant coating of corals, both stony and soft, have fastened to the metal hull and bulkheads.
Posted - Saturday, May 19, 2012 06:00 AM EDT
A diver photographs a section of a crane on the Spiegel Grove. (Photo by Tim Grollimund)
One of the first columns I wrote was about diving the Spiegel Grove. It’s been one of my favorite sites since I came here. I can have just as good a time with a macro lens as I can with a wide angle lens. When the visibility is 80 feet or better, there’s nothing like the great view across width of the ship from one crane mount to the other. Plus it’s the only place I’ve seen a frogfish since I’ve been here.
Posted - Thursday, May 10, 2012 04:48 PM EDT
