The leaves of what I think is philodendron goeldii spiral upward in a distinctive way.
Abstracts: Spiral foliage
Category Archives: Abstracts
Abstracts: Bloody hermit crab
I think this is a bloody hermit crab, but this was my only look at it. The greenish lump, from which the legs protrude, is not a shell but a lump of rock or old coral.
Abstracts: Swimming pool
An array of lane dividers, pool markings and reflections at the local swimming pool in Kapaau.
Abstracts: Yellowhead moray eel
At one of my regular snorkel spots, there’s a place where a small whitemouth eel had taken up residence. I saw it there several times, head sticking out from a hole in the rock, flashing its white mouth. Then one day it was gone, but there was clearly something else in there. It looked like another eel, but I only saw a smooth patch of skin, it was curled in there so tightly.
Recently though, I saw that the creature had turned around and, in the small opening, part of its head could be seen, revealing it to be a small yellowhead moray eel. In the photo, the eel’s eye peers out from its lair, which is surrounded by rock covered with different-colored growths.
Abstracts: Tiny stick insect
This is easily the smallest stick insect I’ve seen here. I noticed it on a window screen and it was no wider than a single square of the screen and not very long either.
Abstracts: Real estate ads
I was taken by these real estate ads and their neon glow that gave the display a precise, but otherworldly look.
Abstracts: Goatfish
Juvenile goatfish gather in quite large shoals close to shore. Sometimes they rest on the bottom, sometimes hang in the water. I like the formations they make as they hover above the sandy bottom, studded with coral and rocks.
Abstracts: Floating stick
Just a stick that I came across, floating vertically in the water. Where does the stick begin and end and where’s the surface of the water?
Graham's Island 