A large sponge, a cluster of anemones, and other life is seen nearly 230 meters deep at an area of the seabed that was very recently covered by the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Sponges can grow very slowly, sometimes less than two centimeters a year, so the size of this specimen suggests this community has been active for decades, perhaps even hundreds of years.ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute
Dive number: 721
Date / time: Fri Jan 9, 2026 11:48 AM
Dive site: Fort Constitution Pier, New Hampshire
Water Temperature: 39F
Bottom Time: 49 mins
First dive with my new Olympus OM-1 and of 2026! We arrived ahead of low tide slack, which can be a bit dicey for visibility. When we arrived the water was crystal clear and very low, but it filled in some by the time we geared up and hit the water. We submerged and I started finding any little macro thing to shoot with the new picture. I felt like I was struggling with working distance and suspected I had accidentally set the AF limiter on the lens (which turned out to be correct), but I worked around it and got a good test drive on the camera. We found a couple small Coryphella nudis, tons of Acadian hermit crabs, lots of massive sea stars, plenty of open frilled anemones, and I even found a scallop. The water was freezing, but I'm excited at how well the pictures came out!
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Just planted a fuck ton of bulbs in the garden. #Anemones, #allium, #tulips, and #fritallaria. Got three different varieties of allium, including a blue variety I donβt recall seeing in the past. Added the blue allium to my front red, white, and blue βvictory garden.β
Everything else is in our backyard which is mostly purple flowers but is generally a free for all.
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