Christian,
Think the soft coral capitol of the world should be either Okinawa, where I
reside, or Ponape.  Have never been to Ponape, but have heard the soft
corals are incredible. On this island, at some of the dive sites, there are
ridges upon ridges of different species of soft coral.  This is not to
disparage the beautiful growths on the wrecks in Truk.  My favorite wrecks
there are the Shinkoku for corals and other sea life, and the San Francisco
for weapons of war.
Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Gerzner [mailto:christiang@cc*.co*.au*]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:29 PM
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Isle Royale


"Dr.Jeffrey Mark" wrote:
>
> As much as it pains me to say it he's right.The Great Lakes are
> unbeleivable for preserving wrecks and some look like they just went
> down

Yes, sure, and no one doubts this I would think.

However I often say to people that visit (for example) Chuuk (Truk)
that they should take particular note of the soft coral since the
place, being a lagoon and largely protected, is likely to be the soft
coral capital of the world. I once spent well over twenty minutes
ascending up a mast from twelve to six metres, in absolute awe of all
that prolific and exquisite growth, then looked down and there was a
whole ship, that I could see from stem to stern.

Life was good.

It's, as I said, what your own perspective is.

Christian

PS Dr Black, I made a typo Bi_m_ini/Bi_k_ini. It happens that "k" and
"m" are rather adjacent, at least on the keyboard that I am used to.
--
Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.
Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.

--
Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.
Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]