Wow.  So it appears that I haven't posted anything new since the year began - lo siento.  I took a week off of work to go on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera, then had to work extra hard to make up for the time I missed.  Que sera, sera.  Here's my plan:  I'm going to electronically vomit pictures and captions from the last month into one big entry... let's see how that goes.

I'd heard that eagle rays could jump out of the water, but I had certainly never seen it.  This was one of three that was jumping along the surf line in Cabo San Lucas.

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Humans close to top of sharks' menu, hunter says - SYDNEY - Humans have always been tasty morsels for big sharks and will head the menu if fishing in Australian waters is not brought under control, shark expert Vic Hislop has warned. Mr Hislop, who has hunted sharks for decades,... [New Zealand Herlad Ocean News]

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Divers cut away at net that has been killing marine life; 'one of the scariest dives in my life' - [Underwater Times]

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Report: Seafood Poachers Regularly Eaten By Sharks Off South Africa Coast; 'Mistaken For A Seal' - [Underwater Times]

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Brothers Locate Their Father's Sunken World War II Submarine - [Underwater Times]
In 2007, they found the sub a mile down, on the slope of an underwater volcano 12 miles north of Kiska, at the western tip of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Last fall the Navy confirmed that the Abele brothers had done what it could not — solve one of World War II's biggest mysteries.

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China's Largest Shopping Sites, Alibaba And Taobao, To Ban Shark Fin Sales, Fight Illegal Wildlife Crime - [Underwater Times]

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Nikon products in 2009 -

SLRclub has a special on predictions/rumors of upcoming DSLR products in 2009. From what I hear, this is suppose to be a reputable site. The Nikon entries are:

• Nikon D400
• Nikon D800
• Nikon FX in D40/D60 body
• Nikon D4

Translation (thanks H.P.):

Q1 of 2009

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Well, after about a half dozen planned days without success, we decided to trust the swell forcast and give San Nic a shot.  75 miles southwest of King Harbor.  No other islands to block the swell, wind, or chop... Santa Barbara Island doesn't count - it has almost NO lee.  The way out wasn't too bad... I was alseep most of the ride, but that usually means it was calm enough for me to cash out.  It took almost two and half hours to get to the east end.  What a strange island; that's all I have to say.  Very flat, very bare, radar domes and a landing strip, plus this weird looking thing:

I won't even pretend to know what that is.  Also, you know you are a good way out in the Pacific when the clouds start to look like this:

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