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DrParrottfish and Lee pitts are now friends
Apr 10, 2009
DrParrottfish commented on DrParrottfish's photo
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"Thanks for the comment. No, this was taken landside in Kauai. To my knowledge, Bird of Paradise do not (cannot) grow underwater."
Apr 10, 2009
DrParrottfish left a comment for Lee pitts
"I don't rage, I raise ;-) (what r we talkin' 'bout again???)"
Apr 1, 2009
Lee pitts left a comment for DrParrottfish
"Rage on sister! Lee"
Apr 1, 2009
Robert L. Weaver left a comment for DrParrottfish
"Well nice pics. The camera situation. Curtis Samuel mentioned a few site that allow you to find a housing for a particular camera. He may also know of a website or two you can go to find a good camerat hat meets your needs. May want to email…"
Mar 29, 2009
DrParrottfish left a comment for Robert L. Weaver
"Those pics are from here than and everywhere. No recent trip (just St Kitts, my yearly sojourn) however, will be diving Maui in May and am looking to get a new camera with an external flash for those dives. Any suggestions? Know anyone who can make…"
Mar 28, 2009
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"Nice pics. Are most from your recent trip of from your collection?"
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I will never be an astronaut, but I am an aquanaut. I can still don my life support system and explore a weightless world, enveloped by a potentially hostile environment, encountering alien life forms as the ultimate explorer.

I have found a place where my buoyancy is an asset. Where I can glide with the grace of a great white, soar with the serenity of a swordfish, drift with the dexterity of a damselfish.

I was awakened to this awareness on night dive off the coast of St. Kitts, West Indies. We waited aboard the boat, for the last remnants of daylight to fade. Once we were able to peer over the side into the darkness of the deep we knew it was time to depart the safety of our dry, air-rich environment. We had a pre-excursion briefing, geared up and giant strided into oblivion.

Our underwater spotlights, radiated like searchlights from space rovers in a futuristic movie. The only illumination to the dimness being what we brought with us. The shadows from the Talata wreck hovered like the abandoned hull of a deserted S.S. Enterprise. I was treated to a personal fireworks display of bioluminescent marine microbes, sparkling like swirling stars when agitated in the wake of my passing. Nocturnal crustaceans and other creatures crawled across the sea floor, oblivious to our presence. Basketstars unfurled their tendrils to trap their daily rations. Around me the landscape and its inhabitants flowed at the leisurely pace only possible in a density thicker than breathable air.

It was then that I beheld him. The largest, most majestic hawksbill turtle I have ever seen, seemingly larger than even Gamara himself. He seemed to hover in the vacuum of space, surrounded only by the planktonic life reflecting my dive light like celestial bodies light years away. It was in that moment, that I found bliss, and will ever reminisce the kiss of the abyss.

I will never be an astronaut, but I am an aquanaut, where deep space is only a dive trip away…
Website:
http://www.africangreyparrott.com
Aquatic Interest:
Recreational Swimming, Scuba, Other

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At 4:32pm on April 1, 2009, Lee pitts said…
Rage on sister!

Lee
At 11:13pm on March 29, 2009, Robert L. Weaver said…
Well nice pics. The camera situation. Curtis Samuel mentioned a few site that allow you to find a housing for a particular camera. He may also know of a website or two you can go to find a good camerat hat meets your needs.
May want to email him.

Have fun on the trip to Maui! Sounds like fun. Might be something you may want to recommend to the AUE dive committee for 2009. Just a thought.
At 2:16pm on March 28, 2009, Robert L. Weaver said…
Nice pics. Are most from your recent trip of from your collection?
At 5:52pm on March 26, 2009, Robert L. Weaver said…
Whenever I find them I try to add them to the page because I know especially now a lot of folks could use the information.

Robert
At 10:40pm on March 25, 2009, Kenneth B. Ellerbe said…
Thank you. I loved Curacao and plan to return soon.
Kenneth
At 9:48pm on March 25, 2009, Ric Powell said…
"Doc," It sounds like you had an intriguing experience beneath the sea in St Kitts during a night dive. Your writing was very descriptive and poetic. I, too
have had the enjoyable experience of SCUBA diving in the clear waters of St. Kitts and Nevis. Welcome aboard the DAP Network where you'll always find
other "Aquanauts," with a passion for the Aquatic Environment. Check us out!

Ric Powell, DAP "SCUBA Group"
At 11:39am on November 28, 2008, Kenneth STEWART said…
Greetings Dr Parrott : Did you go to Curacao ? When you get a chance join the TAP Group. Ken
 
 
 

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