jonmcclintock:
So taking pictures of schools of salmon was harder than I expected...
jonmcclintock:
They don't let you get close...
jonmcclintock:
And they're always moving.
jonmcclintock:
But there are some other fish that are much more cooperative, such as this river sculpin.
jonmcclintock:
The circle of life!
jonmcclintock:
The main cannon on HMCS Saskatchewan
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The colorfully named Arctic Cookie Star (Ceramaster arcticus)
jonmcclintock:
Probably getting too close to this cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
jonmcclintock:
Baby sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
jonmcclintock:
Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
jonmcclintock:
A warning well heeded...
jonmcclintock:
Longhorn decorator crab (Chorilia longipes), hanging out inside a cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus)
jonmcclintock:
Cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus), a silica based lifeform
jonmcclintock:
Anemone
jonmcclintock:
Giant white dorid (Doris odhneri)
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Feather star (Florometra serratissima)
jonmcclintock:
I think this is a nudibranch, but I'm not finding any references for it.
jonmcclintock:
Tube dwelling anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
jonmcclintock:
This beauty is a giant nudibranch (Dendronotus iris), and was about as big as my head
jonmcclintock:
Some kind of egg mass, I think, although maybe it's an ascidian?
jonmcclintock:
Cooper's dorid (Aldisa cooperi), I think.