Andreas in "Lighter Than the Air"

Ah, nothin' like the smell of sea to cheer ye up!

Keith's ready to go, but the captain is still missing.

Youssef is fueling up with Whole Grain energy bars.

Nice teeth, Misha

Carl is 6'5" tall, by the way.

With all these handsome lads aboard, one should wonder - where are all the ladies?

The Annisquam river was swarmed with kayakers racing for what must have been a very expensive trophy

The Annisquam bridge looks surreal in the fog

Man, the current is pushing strong in the channel. Note the Eddie downstream of the buy.

The marker and light house at the north entrance of the Annisquam river.

Brian, Andreas, Carl, and Keith are inspecting the gear

Good thing we had someone to guard the precious equipment en route to the breakwater

Andreas is taking the "Keep clear" warning on the emergency hatch to heart. The girl on the picture (not a club member) was diving with her dad. By the way, the dude with the baseball hat is Cameron.

The West side of the Rockport breakwater is essentially a pile of rocks housing an explosive amount of sea urchins. In a mine field like this, one should be careful to avoid punctures in the dive suit.

The poor sea urchin has hard time competing against the relentless brigade of sea stars.

What a beauty - an orange anemone!

Now this I call a perfect frilled anemone "encyclopedia shot".

Yet another inhabitant of the rocks - a camera-trained flounder. I bet you haven't seen one from this close ;-)

Yeah, he'd sure make a great pet ... or meal. Hmmm.

The large boulders hide colorful sea gardens underneath.

I can't tell what this is, but it sure looks funny.

The sea peaches cohabit the rocks with the urchins

I had hard time shooting the peaches. No matter how slowly and stealthily I approached them, they inevitably would bunch up before I could press the button. These things have seventh's sense, I guess.

A close examination unveiled the secret - the peaches are covered with thousands of pressure sensitive follicles enabling them to sense even the most minute disturbance of the water column.