A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 199

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii and underwater. This picture is of a Green Sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) as it glides up towards the surface for a breath.

This picture was taken with a Sony HC-7 video camera in a Light and Motion underwater housing.

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A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 195

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out and is basking in the sun.

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

Have a great weekend,See you Monday.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 190

Welcome back. Today we are heading back over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out of the water and on too the lava to bask in the sun.

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

See you tomorrow.

A Sea Turtle Picture A Day # 189

Welcome back. Today we are going back underwater. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that is cruising along the reef.

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 # 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.

See you tomorrow.

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 # 128

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going to head back down to Mexico. Last summer(2008) I worked at a turtle hatchery in Mexico for a month. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas). This particular turtle was raised in the hatchery for 1 year and then released.

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

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A Sea Turtle picture a day #37

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day.We are just wrapping up here in San Diego and should have some really great pictures.I am really looking forward to getting these molds back to Vancouver and into the wind tunnel.Todays picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that is swimming along the reef in Hawaii.
This picture was taken with a 20mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #26

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back underwater in Hawaii in South Kona. This is a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) that was lazily swimming along the reef as I was diving there. As you can see on the back of its shell this turtle needs to visit a cleaning station to get some of that algae cleaned off.
This picture was taken with a 15 mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #24

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are going over to Hawaii. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming along the reef at a dive site in South Kona, This picture is pretty significant to me since this is one of the first pictures that I took underwater with a digital camera in a housing. There were so many little things to learn with taking pictures in a housing.
This picture was taken with a 12-24 mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #22

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading over to the West side of the Big Island of Hawaii to one of my favorite places to see turtles in the world. This is the Turtle cleaning station.Todays picture is that of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) being cleaned by Yellow Tang and Surgeon fish.
What is so amazing about spending time at a cleaning station is to just be able to see how different species interact with each other. The Sea Turtle gets its shell cleaned and the fish get a snack.
This picture was taken with a 12-24 mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #20

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back to Mexico. This picture is of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling that is just a few hours old heading towards the ocean. Tracy commented about yesterday's picture looking like an old man so I figured I better post one that looked like a baby.
This picture was taken with a 60mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #14

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle picture a day. Today I figured that I wanted to change things up a little bit. The picture for today is a close up of a Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas) face.
What really made me focus on this picture is the detail in the eye and also the facial pattern. The facial pattern on the Green Sea turtles head is unique to that turtle,much like a fingerprint is to a human. These facial patterns are used as an identification tool.
This picture was taken with a 70-200mm lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #13

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture a day. Today we are heading back to my favorite place in the world to see Sea Turtles. The Puako cleaning station on the Big Island of Hawaii
A cleaning station is a particular area of the reef where a particular inhabitant of the reef goes to be cleaned by another inhabitant. One gets a shower the other gets a meal.
In our case the Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas)is being cleaned by Yellow Tang. The Sea Turtle gets the algea cleaned off of its shell and the Tangs get a snack.
I can swim in circles for hours and watching this and in fact I have and have many more awesome pictures to share with you.
This picture was taken with a 12-24mm wide angle lens
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #10

Welcome back to a Sea Turtle Picture a day.Today's picture is of a Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out on the rocks to Bask. Basking is a way that Sea Turtles warm them selves.
This picture was taken in Hawaii. One of the things that I like the most about this picture is the algae on the back of the turtle matches the algae that is growing on the surrounding lava rocks.
This photo was taken with a 70-200mm telephoto lens.
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A Sea Turtle picture a day #8

Welcome back to A Sea Turtle picture a day. Today we find ourselves on the sandy beaches of Colima Mexico. This photo is of a newly hatched Green Sea Turtle(Chelonia mydas) that is just starting its journey down the beach and into the Eastern Pacific ocean.Of the thousands of Sea Turtle hatchlings that crawl down this beach yearly hopefully this one will someday crawl back up this beach to lay eggs.
This picture was taken with a 60mm macro lens.
Happy New year,
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A turtle photo a day: Day #2

Merry Christmas,

Hopefully we all enjoyed our time spent with family and friends.

This turtle is a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) that has crawled out onto the rocks as it was looking for food.It was taken on The Big Island of Hawaii with a telephoto lens.

I am always asked when and where my next turtle trips are going to take place. Currently I am In Bellingham Wa with my family,As soon as I am on my next turtle trip I will post photos from the location that I am taking either photos or video.

Have a great Christmas ,I will see you tomorrow.