Partial eclipse, as seen through eclipse glasses (Tahiti) |
Lucien prepares to board an Air Tahiti flight to Fakarava |
Kayaks at the Fakarava Maitai Dream |
Marisa and Noy, on the pier (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Self portrait (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
From the jetty at Fakarava Maitai Dream resort |
Fakarava Maitai Dream Resort |
View of the lagoon, with coconut trees (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Black pearl extraction from an oyster (Fakarava) |
Oysters are cleaned after they are pulled out of the water |
Eric Cheng (Fakarava North Pass Corner) |
This is why you should always look around when you hear a boat (Fakarava North Pass Corner) |
I only sat here for ten minutes (Maitai Dream, Fakarava) |
Carine Howald of Fakarava Dive Center |
Serge Howald of Fakarava Dive Center |
Lucien Schmidlin and Eric Cheng (Fakarava North Pass Drift) |
Carine Howald greets us from the boat (Fakarava North Pass Drift) |
My underwater camera gear (Kia Ora Resort, Rangiroa) |
TOPdive Rangiroa's facilities |
TOPdive Rangiroa's facilities |
Stephane Revest, Lucien Schmidlin, Natalie, and me (TOPdive Rangiroa) |
My first experience eating surgeonfish, which was very good! (Kia Ora Resort, Rangiroa) |
Licien Schimdlin demonstrates his creative method for eating caviar (Casablanca, Tahiti) |
Susan and Chip Scarlett at the Sheraton Tahiti |
Barret and Regis board the Akademik Shokalskiy in Tahiti |
Ron Taylor photographs Jenny Cornish, Valerie Taylor, and Marti Georgeff on the top of the Shokalskiy, Tahiti |
Mike McDowell introduces staff members aboard the Shokalskiy |
Marti dons her lifevest for the emergency drill. |
Jerry, Belinda, Wes, and Seb roast in the Shokalskiy's covered life boat. |
Kristina Gossman (Tikehau - Pass Corner) |
Douglas Seifert photographs a titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) (Tikehau - Pass Corner) |
Ken Howard -- with no camera! (Tikehau - Pass Corner) |
Douglas Seifert hangs around during his safety stop (Tikehau - Pass Corner) |
Pierre Tricottet gives me a hand onto the zodiac (Tikehau - Shark Hole) |
Douglas Seifert and Kristina Gossman (Rangiroa - Misc Topside) |
Jerry Watanabe and his Nikonos RS (Rangiroa - Avatura Pass Corner) |
Douglas Seifert and Kristina Gossman (Rangiroa - Avatura Pass Corner) |
Jerry Watanabe, dressed to please in the wine section (Rangiroa - Misc Topside) |
Kristina Gossman, Eric Cheng, Douglas Seifert, and Amora mustard (Rangiroa - Misc Topside) |
Ken Howard and me (Rangiroa - Misc Topside) |
Krissy, Douglas, Patrice, Marty, Guy, and Locky (Rangiroa - Kia Ora Resort) |
Douglas Seifert and Krissy Gossman (Rangiroa - Kia Ora Resort) |
Delicious, delicious grilled meat (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Krissy Gossman hangs out with Kimberly McDowell (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Douglas Seifert horses around after hours (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
84 year old Ed Callan at 140' (Rangiroa - Tiputa Pass Drift) |
Seb and Pat drift along during a drift dive (Rangiroa - Tiputa Pass Drift) |
Krissy Gossman and Kimberly McDowell (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Ron Taylor takes footage of sunset (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
The Spane boys (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Jerry Watanabe (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Doctor Brett Gerrard (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Douglas horses around during a safety stop (Apataki - Tehera/Shark Plaza) |
The Spane boys: Rocky, Rocky, and J.P. (Apataki - Zoo Corner) |
Belinda Sawyer and Rob McCallum. Seb is in the background trying to remove Rob's tank (Apataki - Zoo Corner) |
Rob's tank falls off. Seb had nothing to do with it. I swear. (Apataki - Zoo Corner) |
Kimberly McDowell swings around (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Valerie Taylor and Eric Cheng (Apataki - Pass Drift) |
Travel buddies: Chuck Ott, Jerry Watanabe, Roger Lewis (Apataki - Pass Drift) |
Long-time buddies Seb Bertaut and Pierre Tricottet (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Loading up the zodiac for a dive: Douglas Seifert, Remy, Ken Howard, Steve Algar, Guy de la Valdene (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Valerie Taylor hangs out on the rocks and photographs silhouettes (Mike McDowell is above her) (Fakarava - South Pass) |
Ken Howard in front of the little resort in Fakarava south (Fakarava - South Pass Resort) |
Ron Taylor films Costa being lifted up on the zodiac (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Brett Gerrard seems to be infected with pretzels (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Guy, Douglas, and Patrice (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Krissy, Kimberly, Brett, and Timothy horse around (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Brett, Timothy, Wes, and Kimberly. Timothy and Kimberly both have aces (Brett lost) (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Timoty McDowell and Eric Cheng jumping off of the gangway (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Costa with one of his fellow crew members (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Brett Gerrard, ship doctor (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Krissy Gossman (Toau - Corner and Pass) |
Seb Bertaut and Pierre Tricottet. When I said that I wanted to photograph them together, Pierre replied, "Oh-la-la!" and did a finger snapping motion. (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Seb Bertaut (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Costa the Russian (Boat - Akademik Shokalskiy) |
Valerie Taylor with a giant moray eel (Moorea - Misc Diving) |
Eric Cheng and Douglas Seifert (Moorea - Bathy's Club) |
Douglas Seifert gets some weights (Moorea - Bathy's Club) |
Valerie Taylor gets ready to dive (Moorea - Bathy's Club) |
Douglas brings tuna to Bathy's (Moorea - Bathy's Club) |
Group photo: Ron Taylor, Eric Cheng, Valerie Taylor, Krissy Gossman, and Douglas Seifert (Moorea - Hibiscus Hotel) |
Early celebration of Douglas' birthday (Moorea - Les Timpaniers Restaurant) |
Look what happens when Valerie Taylor has a bit of wine. ;) (Moorea - Les Timpaniers Restaurant) |
