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Friday, January 29, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010

About me - in QR code

A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" is derived from "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.

QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type of two dimensional codes. Moreover, most current Japanese mobile phones can read this code with their camera.

This is my first QR code.
To decode, you can download QR reader into your phone via this link: http://reader.kaywa.com/

nokia phone, you can go to:

Monday, January 4, 2010

Turtles

This dive at Sipadan is a wall dive. According to the dive instructors, the cliff can plunge down to hundreds of metres; at it's deepest, it can go down to 2000 m! Goodness, that's deeper than the maximum depth a submarine can go.

There is a turtle looking into the abyss




Turtle 'flying'. By the way they move their flippers, they look like they are flapping their wings.





Turtle setting off, 'taking flight'



Closer encounter:





'What are you looking at, you alien?"




More specifically, these are the Hawks Bill Turtles.






This photo has better colours. This could be because it is taken at shallower waters.



The light from the sun is white light, meaning it is composed of different colours. As it enters the water,the reddish hues attenuate first. That is why at greater depth, the photos looks greenish. ...
Ok, enough of physics for the moment.

Sharks

Some underwater photos taken during the Sipadan diving trip. These are the white tip sharks.



Sharks residing in a hole.



This one is on the move. Most sharks have to swim continuously to breathe, to let water passes through their gills. If they don't swim, they can't breathe - they drowned. ( That is, of course, unless the water current is strong enough to push the water through their gills)

That is why if we cut off their fins, they can't swim properly, and they get drowned!


Sunday, January 3, 2010

Reef and Cliff

Cliff






Reef





School of fish


I'm not sure what this is, some sort of coral, I think... intriguing

Trying to identify the fishes

Hmm let me attempt to name the fishes caught on camera... Correct me if I'm wrong
There are actually tonnes more but ... even the smallest fish swims faster than us...

needle fish


The one on the top with the 2 black bands and yellowish white centre ( the one we see in Finding Nemo) should be butterfly fish.
The bluish one is the parrot fish.
And the black coloured one is the redtooth triggerfish. Yes, I know, it is black in colour. Well, we can't see its teeth, maybe it's red ???


This is also a butterfly fish - specifically, long nose butterfly fish


This an adult harlequin sweetlip. Its juvenile looks very different! and much nicer. I don't think I manage to take a picture of those.


Unicorn fish


Scorpion fish


Puffer Fish


Lion fish


Grouper, I think.


Eel, I'm not sure which type this is.


That's a batfish.


To end off the post ... Here is another common saying:
Leave only footprints
Take only pictures

Save the environment. We share the same home.