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underwater Pacific

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underwater Pacific

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birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

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birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

Underwater ~ Pacific

All new fish & reef creatures!

@svreach Instagram ~

Love it when an anchorage comes with our own personal reef ⚓️🪸🐠

#atanchor #ginclear #coralhead #tuamotus

Saw another species of shark yesterday to report to iNaturalist.

We could tell it was a lemon by the overall feel & it turns out that this chunky guy is a sicklefin lemon shark.

They are known to be on the more aggressive side. Although this

How is it that each anchorage is a new favorite?! 💙🩵

#blueblues #sailcatamaran #dolphin460 #svreach #tuamotus

Camouflage grouper come out to watch us every time... such cute puppies with those big eyes 🫶

#camouflagegrouper #underwaterphotography #nocrop #freediving #tuamtous

Pouheva ~ Our first town visit in 2 months... We squeezed into this rocky anchorage next to friends on Mira @on_a_new_tack , who kindly put in an order for baguettes & croissants at the local bakery for us to be ready and waiting on our arrival ?

One advantage of having coral bommies around the boat ~ being just a swim away to visiting underwater friends 🐙

#dayoctopus #freediving #underwaterphotography #sailcatamaran #tuamotous

A first go at sourdough pretzels 🥨

Could use some shaping lessons but the taste is spot on - as attested by the missing Frankenstein pretzel that was attempt #1 😬

Half of the pretzels got everything bagel seasoning because why not?!

#sourdoughpr

Reach at anchor in the Tuamotus

#droneshot #bommies #sailcatamaran #dolphin460 #tuamotus

Here is the other side of the coin... sailors have to anticipate what the weather will do next and be prepared to anchor with the best protection.

This storm has been forecast for a while, so we remain tucked in behind land and barrier reef. We lo

The gray reef shark is endangered with an almost 60% reduction in population over the last ~45 years due to bycatch and other pressures, coupled with low biological reproductivity.

For me, a guaranteed shark sighting on every outing still takes som

Keeping greens on the menu 🌱🌱🌱

#sprouting #alfalfasprouts #mungbeansprouts #greens #beanburritos

Mark found this crown of thorns sea star at our favorite bommie. It was HUGE ~ much bigger than expected at around 2 feet.

Also... terrifying!

These are venomous to humans and, unfortunately, as reef eaters do a lot of damage to coral reefs.

#cr

Of course we hit the water on that glass calm day to visit our favorite bommie!

Plus, I finally broke out the fisheye wide-angle lens ~ here's Mark from above & below the water.

More to come ~ there is actually so much fish & reef life on

A rare, glass calm day at anchor & a far cry from the rolly anchorages of earlier this year... we don't even have to lock the drawers anymore 😆

It's nice to share an anchorage with s/v Mira @on_a_new_tack again after they caught up to us from P

The designer styles of the maxima giant clam 🤩

#maximagiantclam #designerclam #underwaterphotography #tuamotus #frenchpolynesia

Full moon at sunset 🩷

#bluemoon #venusbelt #moonrise #sunset #tuamotus