A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 116

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back underwater. This picture is of a Green Sea turtle as it swims over the reef in Hawaii.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera in a Light and Motion housing


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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 115

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today I am posting something just a little different. This is a picture a=of an ancient rock carving of a Sea Turtle that is located in the Puako Petrogliph fields on the Big Island of Hawaii. The more places that I travel in the world the more carvings of pictures of Sea Turtles that I find. It seems that these wonderful creatures intrigued and moved ancient people like the do modern people.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 114

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to head back to the beach. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle taking a nap on the beach. I was able to zoom in with my telephoto lens and capture some of the detail in this turtles face.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 113

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Some of you may know that The Great turtle race has been going on for the last 12 days. www.GreatTurtleRace.org
Today there was a winner. This picture is of a Leatherback sea turtle that was so overjoyed that she was brought to tears. Actually this is a picture of a Leatherback Sea Turtle crying salt water tears.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60mm lens

A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 112

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture makes me laugh when I see it and when I took it. This is a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) That has crawled out onto the lava rock to bask in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 111

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to head to my favorite dive site. This picture is of a Green Sea turtle that is being cleaned at a cleaning station.I really enjoy watching turtles swimming underwater but there is nothing like watching them as they interact with their surroundings. This was taken in around 25 feet of water off of the Big Island of Hawaii.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24mm lens in a Light and Motion housing.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 110

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day.
Today we are heading over to Hawaii. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle that is resting its head on the back of another turtle that has crawled out of the ocean to sun itself.
This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 109

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to visit my favorite of all the Sea Turtles. The Leatherback It is the rarest of all of the sea turtles.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm macro lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 108

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. And also Happy Earth Day. Today we are heading underwater and going over to Hawaii. This picture is of my diving partner and a Green Sea Turtle that was following us around as we were diving. This little turtle was really fascinated by our cameras and allowed us to take some very nice pictures of it.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24mm lens in a Light and Motion housing.


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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 107

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading down to Colima Mexico to a Sea turtle hatchery. At this hatchery they collect the eggs after the turtles lay them and then bring them to a hatchery to let them hatch. In some parts of Mexico people still collect the eggs to eat.
This picture is of a hatchling that has been held at the hatchery for a year and will be released in the coming days.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 60 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 106

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going back to the beach on the Big Island of Hawaii right before sunset. I was walking and noticed this sleeping Green turtle right as the sun was starting to set.
Hawaii is one of only 2 places in the world where sea turtles haul out on the shore to bask in the sun.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 105

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading underwater over to Hawaii. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle ( Chelonia mydas) as it rests under a ledge. This turtle was not bothered by me being near it underwater in fact it swam up to the surface for a breath and then come back down and returned to the same spot closed its eyes and seemed to fall asleep.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 12-24 mm lens in a Light and Motion housing

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 104

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to visit Guam and check in on the 2 Green Sea turtles that I brought out to the Guam Zoo. Here they are swimming in their new home. They had never seen fish before so they were a little skittish when we first put them in the tank. After a few days they were all good friends.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 70 -200 mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 103

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. I am finally back home from the trip to Guam and the outer islands.I have great internet here so I will be posting daily again.
This picture is of some cave art of 2 sea turtles on the island of Rota. They really don't know how old it is.Of all the art in the cave these 2 turtles were in the best condition.
This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 12-24 mm lens
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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 102

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. I am now on the island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. And the hotel that I am staying at has very slow internet. I guess that slow is better then not at all. Went out and did 3 dives today and on the last dive I saw 2 Hawksbill sea turtles so today was a great day for me.
Todays picture is of a Green sea turtle that is hanging in the airport in Guam. There are a total of 15 of the replica turtles that have the shells painted with different murals. I really liked the intricate detail of this one.

I hope that all of you have a great Easter weekend. I know that I will I will be underwater with my video camera looking for sea turtles and whatever else swims by.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 101

Hello Everyone. I am sorry for the absence in posting. As you know I am in Guam delivering 2 green sea turtles to a zoo and the internet here where I am staying is to be desired. Tonight I am leaving for one of the outer islands that has even spottier internet access so I will not be posting until mid next week.
This is a picture of me taken by my daughter of the turtle release into its new home. I am happy to report that they are both doing well and have started eating again.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 100

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today is a big day. I am transporting 2 green sea turtles from Vancouver to Guam today.I will post pictures of the trip. This picture is of Ttodd Jones the researcher who has raised these sea turtles since they were a few weeks old. Here is is saying good bye to the 2 that I have loaded up and am driving down to Seattle to load onto an airplane for the trip.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-90 camera with a 12-24mm lens

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A Sea Turtle Picture A day # 99

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are getting for the big adventure.I am leaving to pick up the turtles early inn the morning. I hope that the customs officials have great nights tonight and are having great mornings tomorrow. I can see me hanging out with these folks trying to explain about Sea Turtle biology to them.

This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is totally relaxed laying on the beach in Hawaii.

This picture was taken with a Nikon D-100 camera with a 70-200mm lens

I will post pictures of the adventure