The Deep Blue (maybe a little green) Sea

This is for dear Domestic Minx, who is not too fond of the Big Blue. I recently traveled there myself for some scuba, and I can report on the denizens of said enviroment.

Now if I was a professional underwater photojournalist, I could hope that my photos looked like this:



I constanly fear this:



But as I was using a $30 camera with a pathetic flash, even 30' deep looks like the darkest abyss:


This albino starfish was as big a spare tire.

The scariest thing down there:


Me.

Please note that the shadowy tenacles behind me are in fact giant kelp, and not the giant squid that inhabit my nightmares.

SA