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We have noticed that our readers really seem to like stories and photos of sea turtles. In fact, the story called The Cave Where Turtles Die, which we published in June of 2008, has received more traffic than any other single story on The Right Blue since the blog's inception! (Fortunately, most of our turtle stories are not so grim as that one was.)Here is a directory of articles about sea turtles in The Right Blue:
- Puako's shoreline: Tidepools and turtles - September 25, 2007
- Meet Myrtle the turtle - October 5, 2007
- Myrtle's special spot on the Puako reef - October 6, 2007
- Loggerhead sea turtles need further protection - November 15, 2007
- The Cave Where Turtles Die - June 16, 2008
- Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles - May 22, 2009
- A Hawksbill at Honaunau - October 20, 2009
- Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle at Honaunau Bay, Hawaii - October 27, 2009
Here is a directory of sea turtle photos in The Right Blue:
- Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta), three photos - Atlantic: France
- Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas), basking on the rocks - Pacific: Hawaii
- Myrtle, the Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), close-ups - Pacific: Hawaii
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), swimming with diver, and resting on the reef - Pacific: Hawaii
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), close-up, on the coral - Pacific: Hawaii
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), swimming just under the water's surface - Pacific: Hawaii
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), gliding through deep offshore water - Pacific: Hawaii
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), survivor of a shark attack - Celebes Sea: Pulau Sipadan
- Sleepy Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), napping on a reef - Celebes Sea: Pulau Sipadan
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), with divers in the background - Celebes Sea: Pulau Sipadan
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), turtle humor *wink, wink* - Celebes Sea: Pulau Sipadan
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), swimming underwater - Pacific: Hawaii
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), swimming underwater - Red Sea: Tiran Straits
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), resting on a reef - Celebes Sea: Pulau Sipadan
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), diving - Pacific: Hawaii
Sea turtle videos on The Right Blue:
- Sipadan Turtle Cave: The Video - June 24, 2008
- Video: Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles - Aug. 10, 2009
- Video: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at a cleaning station in Hawaii - Sep. 9, 2009
- Video: Turtle-watching at Puako, Hawaii - Feb. 10, 2010
I love your photo stories! Its like reading National Geographic, or the like, for me. The pictures add a lot and the stories are short and easy to follow. I look forward to them. Keep up the interesting posts!
ReplyDeleteHi Kevin - Thank you so much. We appreciate the positive feedback.
ReplyDeleteBobbie
Great posts and wonderful pictures as usual! I would have missed those if you had not listed them. Thanks!
ReplyDelete@ 2Sweet - Thank you. I'm glad to know you enjoyed them.
ReplyDelete@ Tootie - Any friend of sea turtles is a friend of ours. You are welcome to link to The Right Blue, and we will add you to our blogroll page as well.
Bobbie
Great post. The photos are absolutely pristine. Which camera and waterproof camera-case do you use?
ReplyDeleteI wanted to be Jacques Cousteau when I grew up..You get to live like he did...Photos and information..Thank you..Rambling Woods
ReplyDelete(The comment I left yesterday seems to have been dumped. ) I've gone through all your turtle posts and pix, and really enjoyed them. Thanks for grouping them all together!
ReplyDelete@ ScienceGuy - All of the underwater photos on The Right Blue were shot on film with a Nikonos V (dedicated submersible camera body) and assorted Nikon submersible lenses. My favorite lens is the U/W Nikkor 15mm. Most of the macro shots were done with submersible 35mm and 28mm lenses, plus extension tubes. Very old fashioned stuff, but it works for me! Jerry then digitized the transparencies using a Nikon Super COOLSCAN 5000 ED scanner.
ReplyDelete@ Michelle - You are very welcome. We're glad you enjoy our stories and photos.
Bobbie
@ Lavender - Your comment was dumped?? Maybe it just didn't 'take' -- because I certainly haven't deleted it! In any case, thanks for returning and adding your thoughts. We have a couple more topical groupings like this in preparation. Feedback like yours is very welcome, because it assures us that the time it took to go through the blog and group the posts was a worthwhile thing to do. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteBobbie