A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 183

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Mexico. This picture is of a skull of a Green Sea Turtle. When I was down in Colima Mexico last year I was asked to photograph all of the dead turtles that had washed up along the beach along a 10 mile stretch of the coastline. In all I photographed 25 dead turtles. Some of them had been there for many years. I dont really know what the researcher is doing with these photographs.

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 # 182

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii and underwater. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle that is resting on the bottom.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 181

Welcome back. Today we are going to Mexico. This picture is of a group of Olive Ridley hatchlings that were making their way down the beach towards the water.

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 # 180

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle that is resting on the back of another sea turtle on the beach.

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 # 179

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. This is a picture of a Green Sea Turtle that has crawled out of the water and up on the lava rock ledge to lay in the sun.

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

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 178

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to the British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has just hatched and is crawling down to the ocean.

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 # 177

Welcome back. Today we are heading underwater to a turtle cleaning station. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) is being cleaned by cleaner fish.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 176

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out onto the beach 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 # 175

Welcome back. Today we are heading down to Tortolla in the British Virgin Islands.
Tis picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchling that has just emerged from its nest and is making its way down the beach to the Atlantic ocean.

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 # 174

Welcome back. Today we are heading back to the big island and to the cleaning station.

This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) being cleaned by a bunch of Yellow Tangs.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 173

Welcome back. Today we are heading underwater and over to the Big Island of Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that is swimming thru a cleaning station. These fish are eating the algae off of the turtles back. The fish get a meal and the turtle gets cleaned.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 172

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) as it is crawling out of the surf to take a nap on the rocky beach.

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 # 171

Welcome back. Today we are heading over to Hawaii. I was walking along the shore line looking for turtles that were basking along the shore when I came upon this turtle.It was just laying on the lava in this uncomfortable position. It stayed in this position all afternoon.

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 # 170

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back underwater and over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle swimming along with cleaner fish cleaning its shell.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 169

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back to Hawaii underwater. This picture is of a diver taking a photo of a green sea turtle as it swims along the reef.

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

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 168

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading up to Vancouver Canada. I know this is an unlikely place to see the rarest of all the species of sea turtle.
This picture is of Doctor T Todd Jones who is the only person in the world who has been able to succesfully raise Leatherback Sea Turtles in captivity for over 2 years. Here Dr Jones is measuring the straight carapace length of this captive Leatherback.

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 # 167

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back to Hawaii. This picture is a close up of a Green Sea Turtles face. This turtle hauled itself out onto the beach to bask in the daytime sun.

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

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