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Old Wive's Beach

Sunday morning before the tide receded too much Matthew and I went out to Old Wive's Beach here on base to go snorkeling.  So now I have a few more snorkeling pictures to share with you guys.  

I seem to remember back in middle school talking about plate tectonics and how the movement of the plates below the Earth's surface create cracks in the ocean floor.  Well the Pacific Ocean is one place where this happens and it creates a lot of the earthquakes and volcanic activity that happens out here.  At Old Wives beach there are many different cracks in the ocean floor that go down so deep that you can't see the bottom.  The cracks look like what you would see if you took an areal shot of some rivers leading to bigger bodies of water in the states.  It is just amazing to see the ocean floor go from 5 feet deep to dropping over 20 feet or more!  Here is a picture of one of the cracks we came across.  Notice you can't see the bottom in the darkest area of the picture.

These star fish are pretty cool.  They are really flexible and can move with the rock to settle on the ocean floor but they can also become so stiff (like if you try to pick it up) that one of the legs would break off before bending to another's will.  Matthew picked one out of the water once and it was stiff as a rock!







These next few pictures are of a feeding frenzy that we came across.  There were probably 50 or more fish swarming around this one area trying to get to what ever that food source was.




This clam was about 15ft deep on the ocean floor and Matthew dove down to get this beautiful shot!  That is what the clam looked like before it closed its shell.


Here are a couple funny pictures of Matthew and I in our goggles and snorkels.



This weird stuff was just sticking out of the ground but it was a pretty blue color so we took a picture of it! 


This was probably the biggest fish that we saw out at Old Wives Beach.  He looked pretty mean but he didn't swim away from us.  He was staying in one area, probably because he had a meal prospect there.


And that is the last of those pictures.  Hope you enjoyed them because Matthew and I really enjoy going snorkeling and seeing new and exciting creatures of the ocean every time we go.

Thanks for reading!

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Anonymous said…
I love the starfish and clam pics!! -Stephanie
12/4/13, 10:02 PM
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