After graduating from UCSB with degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies, I was ready for an adventure and to sharpen by photography skills. An opportunity presented itself to sail with captain and surfer Liz Clark on her Cal-40 from San … Continue reading View from the Bosun’s Chair
by Shannon Swanson I also spent time at Denis Island assisting a masters student with her research on cetaceans (whales and dolphins) that traveled by the outer atoll. While much of the coral was stunning, some had suffered from bleaching, like the coral pictured … Continue reading The Coral of Denis Island
Carly, a Seychelloise from the main island of Mahe, worked at the dive shop on Denis Island and was training to be a dive master. His enthusiasm for marine life was infectious. His favorites were octopi. He also happened to be an impressive … Continue reading Carly of the Island of Mahe
Another big pollution contributor is the “urban slobber,” a phrase coined by Rob Hutsel from the San Diego River Park Foundation, that accumulated from the county’s millions of cars — copper dust from the brakes, oil, gasoline, etc., that would … Continue reading “Urban Slobber” and the San Elijo Lagoon
Denis Island was a salve for the soul. It seemed that daily there were impressive storms that swept through violently and then left the most surreal landscape to gawk at. This was one of those evenings. Continue reading Storms on Denis Island
One World, Two Feet 