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January 1, 2025March 27, 2025

2024 Highlights (with Marie’s photographic bests)

2024 was a whale of a year! By any measure, it was a momentous year, in which we semi-retired after 33 years » Read more

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September 5, 2024September 4, 2024

Finally, the Philippines! (Part 3-Visayas, June 2024)

All too soon, we were at the halfway point of our long awaited 10-day voyage on the Atlantis Azores. Our 5 days » Read more

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August 6, 2024August 9, 2024

Finally, the Philippines! (Part 2-Tubbataha, June 2024)

At last we were aboard the Atlantis Azores, the flagship liveaboard vessel of the Atlantis dive operation. Having left San Diego on » Read more

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Pelagic octopus sighted on blackwater dive in Anilao, Philippines
May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Braving Black Waters, November 2023 (Week 1, Anilao, Philippines)

Scuba diving has taken us around the world, but never, until recently, had we ventured into outer space.  At least that is » Read more

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A miniature pelagic male argonaut octopus astride a salp on a blackwater dive in Anilao, Philippines
January 2, 2024December 15, 2024

Marie’s favorite images of 2023

I always love when the New York Times comes out in December with the “Best of ” lists, particularly of films.  Our » Read more

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Magnificent colorful soft coral reef in Fiji.
October 11, 2023October 13, 2023

Fantastic Fiji, July-August 2023 (Part 1, Coral Coast)

A quote widely (but apparently inaccurately) attributed to Mark Twain describes the “coldest winter” as “summer in San Francisco”.  I think we » Read more

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Street scene in Camaguey Cuba
September 10, 2023November 15, 2024

SCUBA in Cuba, June 2023

Cuba is a throwback to an earlier time, a case of arrested development. The US-Cuba standoff and embargo, in place since 1960, » Read more

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July 10, 2023September 13, 2024

David and the Goliath Grouper

-a short story by Steve Eilenberg Lola was my first. Not L-O-L-A, Lola, but a 400-pound *goliath grouper. She greeted us on » Read more

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Barnacle blenny in hard coral home

Underwater Photography: Some of my favorites – Steve

I watched with wonder when we landed on the moon, that July day in 1969. I will never be an astronaut. The » Read more


February 7, 2023October 3, 2023

2022 Highlights

As 2022 unfurled, we adapted to the realities of coronavirus endemicity. This was the year of make up trips (not 1, not » Read more

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