Jellyfish Invasion (Seriously)

Rainbow Tail Jellyfish

Last weekend I mentioned that there were a lot of hermit crabs out, and kind of cried wolf on the invasion part, but this weekend the REAL invasion started with beaucoup jellyfish arriving near Cap D’Ail. I probably saw several hundred just this afternoon; more than I’ve ever seen in one day.

Needless to say, there weren’t a ton of people in the water. Fortunately for me, I like jellyfish (when they are not stinging me). I jumped right in and got some really fun shots. I actually got a shot of rainbow colors in the tail of one jellyfish. Very, very cool.

Also, I went on my first scuba dive of 2010 this weekend. There are a few shots from that mixed in (not many). Among those shots were a chapon (a variety of scorpionfish), some soft coral, a crenilabre (the very colorful tropical-looking fish) that I have never seen, and a nudibranch that is very particular to this area, called a “doris dalmatien” (dalmation is dalmation in french). It’s got black spots just like the dog, hence the name.

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