Arenui, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia + [Other Articles] Undercurrent, August
The Private, Exclusive Guide for Serious Divers August 2015 Vol. 30, No. 8 Arenui, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia a unique critter haven, but a notch below luxury IN THIS ISSUE: Dear Fellow Diver: Arenui, Indonesia . .1 . A whopping 13 Rhinopias sightings broke Arenui’s A Major Mask Recall . 3. record, besting the previous eight seen on a trip to Alor. Now, this may mean nothing if you haven’t been We Could Use Your Help . 5. to the Indo-Pacific, but the Rhinopias, a member of the Fantasy Island, Roatan . .6 . scorpionfish family, is among the must-sees for div- ers seeking the exotic -- and why divers take out second Latest Shark Research . 9. mortgages to make these expensive trips. Rhinopias, cam- ouflaged loners with limited range, walk about on their Aqua Lung Facing a Class-Action fins, an exotic sight. And to view the load of macro Lawsuit . 10. critters in these waters, I put my magnifying glass to a lot of use, especially to peer at the half-inch What Were They Thinking? . 11. pygmy seahorses, the more common pink with red warts (it Get the Most from was first named in 2008 as Pontohi), white with yellow Your GoPro . 12. patches, and Denise’s yellowish-brown one. I also ogled an ornate ghost pipefish, exotic in its spiked appear- Fugitive Dive Operators Found, ance when contrasted with the halimeda, which looks like Charged with Manslaughter 13 a segmented green leaf with a long snout. Lessons from Dead Divers . 15. Yes indeed, this April dive trip was designed to find unusual and fascinating critters, but they often What’s Going on with the live in not-so-beautiful places, so magnificent coral Aggressor Fleet? .
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